#49B5BF#49B5BF

#49B5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5BF
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -27.53, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 31.01, 207.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.09 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6715, 38.2228, 55.1468)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5BF #BF5349

analogous

#49BF8E #49B5BF #497ABF

triadic

#49B5BF #BF49B5 #B5BF49

tetradic

#49B5BF #8E49BF #BF5349 #7ABF49

square

#49B5BF #8E49BF #BF5349 #7ABF49

split-complementary

#49B5BF #BF497A #BF8E49

monochromatic

#256369 #358E96 #49B5BF #76C7CF #A4DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#49B5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#49B5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5BF

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5BF	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbd2',
    500: '#49b5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5bf;
$custom-light: #89cbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7152,
    "c": 0.09833,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5BF

secondary

#CC9C98

accent

#5C50D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5BF

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

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