#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
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -28.89, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 31.40, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0923 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5488, 38.5002, 53.4939)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49B6BC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49B6BC

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

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