#49B7B3#49B7B3

#49B7B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.099 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7B3
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 179)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -31.89, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 32.72, 192.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0973 -0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.099 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8143, 38.5352, 48.6113)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7B3 #B7494D

analogous

#49B77C #49B7B3 #4984B7

triadic

#49B7B3 #B349B7 #B7B349

tetradic

#49B7B3 #7C49B7 #B7494D #84B749

square

#49B7B3 #7C49B7 #B7494D #84B749

split-complementary

#49B7B3 #B74984 #B77C49

monochromatic

#26605E #378C89 #49B7B3 #75C8C5 #A1DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B7B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#49B7B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7B3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7B3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.099 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cdc9',
    500: '#49b7b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7b3;
$custom-light: #88cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71582,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7B3

secondary

#C69597

accent

#5559D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7B3

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

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