#49B6BB#49B6BB

#49B6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.098 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6BB
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -29.17, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 31.47, 202.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0928 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.098 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4414, 38.4572, 52.9282)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6BB #BB4E49

analogous

#49BB87 #49B6BB #497DBB

triadic

#49B6BB #BB49B6 #B6BB49

tetradic

#49B6BB #8749BB #BB4E49 #7DBB49

square

#49B6BB #8749BB #BB4E49 #7DBB49

split-complementary

#49B6BB #BB497D #BB8749

monochromatic

#256164 #368D91 #49B6BB #76C8CC #A2DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#49B6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6BB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6BB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.098 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cccf',
    500: '#49b6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6bb;
$custom-light: #89cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.632,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71617,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6BB

secondary

#C99997

accent

#5853D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6BB

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

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