#49B5BC#49B5BC

#49B5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.098 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5BC
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -28.40, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 31.14, 204.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0913 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.098 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3448, 38.0921, 53.4259)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5BC #BC5049

analogous

#49BC89 #49B5BC #497BBC

triadic

#49B5BC #BC49B5 #B5BC49

tetradic

#49B5BC #8949BC #BC5049 #7BBC49

square

#49B5BC #8949BC #BC5049 #7BBC49

split-complementary

#49B5BC #BC497B #BC8949

monochromatic

#256165 #368C92 #49B5BC #76C7CC #A2D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#49B5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#49B5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5BC

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5BC	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.098 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbd0',
    500: '#49b5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5bc;
$custom-light: #89cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71411,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5BC

secondary

#CA9A97

accent

#5A52D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5BC

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

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