#49B5BB#49B5BB

#49B5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5BB
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -28.68, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 31.20, 203.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0917 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2373, 38.0491, 52.8601)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5BB #BB4F49

analogous

#49BB88 #49B5BB #497CBB

triadic

#49B5BB #BB49B5 #B5BB49

tetradic

#49B5BB #8849BB #BB4F49 #7CBB49

square

#49B5BB #8849BB #BB4F49 #7CBB49

split-complementary

#49B5BB #BB497C #BB8849

monochromatic

#256164 #368C91 #49B5BB #76C7CC #A2D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#49B5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5BB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5BB	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbcf',
    500: '#49b5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5bb;
$custom-light: #88cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71375,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5BB

secondary

#C99997

accent

#5953D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5BB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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