#49B7B2#49B7B2

#49B7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7B2
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -32.17, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 32.88, 191.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0977 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.1 191)
XYZ	xyz(27.7135, 38.4949, 48.0806)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7B2 #B7494E

analogous

#49B77B #49B7B2 #4985B7

triadic

#49B7B2 #B249B7 #B7B249

tetradic

#49B7B2 #7B49B7 #B7494E #85B749

square

#49B7B2 #7B49B7 #B7494E #85B749

split-complementary

#49B7B2 #B74985 #B77B49

monochromatic

#26605D #378C88 #49B7B2 #75C8C5 #A1DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#49B7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7B2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7B2	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)

#ADAEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA1B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdc9',
    500: '#49b7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7b2;
$custom-light: #88cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71548,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7B2

secondary

#C69598

accent

#555AD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7B2

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

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