#49B6BF#49B6BF

#49B6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6BF
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -28.03, -13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 31.25, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0911 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8756, 38.6309, 55.2148)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6BF #BF5249

analogous

#49BF8D #49B6BF #497BBF

triadic

#49B6BF #BF49B6 #B6BF49

tetradic

#49B6BF #8D49BF #BF5249 #7BBF49

square

#49B6BF #8D49BF #BF5249 #7BBF49

split-complementary

#49B6BF #BF497B #BF8D49

monochromatic

#256469 #358F96 #49B6BF #76C8CF #A4DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#49B6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6BF

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6BF	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccd2',
    500: '#49b6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6bf;
$custom-light: #89ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.576,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6BF

secondary

#CC9C98

accent

#5B50D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6BF

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

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