#49B7BB#49B7BB

#49B7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7BB
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -29.66, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 31.76, 200.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0938 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.099 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6469, 38.8683, 52.9967)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7BB #BB4D49

analogous

#49BB86 #49B7BB #497EBB

triadic

#49B7BB #BB49B7 #B7BB49

tetradic

#49B7BB #8649BB #BB4D49 #7EBB49

square

#49B7BB #8649BB #BB4D49 #7EBB49

split-complementary

#49B7BB #BB497E #BB8649

monochromatic

#256264 #368E91 #49B7BB #76C9CC #A2DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#49B7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7BB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7BB	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdcf',
    500: '#49b7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7bb;
$custom-light: #89cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71859,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7BB

secondary

#C99897

accent

#5753D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7BB

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

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