#49B6BC#49B6BC

#49B6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B6BC
RGBrgb(73, 182, 188)
HSLhsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSVhsv(183, 61%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(61.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(68.39, -28.89, -12.32)
CIE-LCHlch(68.39, 31.40, 203.09°)
OKLaboklab(71.65% -0.0923 -0.0341)
OKLCHoklch(71.65% 0.098 200.3)
XYZxyz(28.5488, 38.5002, 53.4939)
Luminance0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B6BC #BC4F49
analogous
#49BC88 #49B6BC #497CBC
triadic
#49B6BC #BC49B6 #B6BC49
tetradic
#49B6BC #8849BC #BC4F49 #7CBC49
square
#49B6BC #8849BC #BC4F49 #7CBC49
split-complementary
#49B6BC #BC497C #BC8849
monochromatic
#256265 #368D92 #49B6BC #76C8CC #A2DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41
#49B6BC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70
#49B6BC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6BC
8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B6BC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B6BC1.002.418.708.70
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7021.001.001.00
##0000008.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AAAEBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#98A1BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 200.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccd0',
    500: '#49b6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b6bc;
$custom-light: #89ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71652,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B6BC
secondary
#CA9A97
accent
#5952D6
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0D1314
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#49B6BC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva