#49B7B0#49B7B0

#49B7B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7B0
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -32.72, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 33.22, 190.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0986 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.1 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5141, 38.4152, 47.0307)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7B0 #B74950

analogous

#49B779 #49B7B0 #4987B7

triadic

#49B7B0 #B049B7 #B7B049

tetradic

#49B7B0 #7949B7 #B74950 #87B749

square

#49B7B0 #7949B7 #B74950 #87B749

split-complementary

#49B7B0 #B74987 #B77949

monochromatic

#26605C #378C86 #49B7B0 #75C8C3 #A1DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#49B7B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#49B7B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7B0

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7B0	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdc7',
    500: '#49b7b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7b0;
$custom-light: #88cdc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71482,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7B0

secondary

#C69598

accent

#555DD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7B0

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

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