#49B7BC#49B7BC

#49B7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7BC
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -29.38, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 31.68, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0934 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.099 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7543, 38.9112, 53.5624)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7BC #BC4E49

analogous

#49BC87 #49B7BC #497DBC

triadic

#49B7BC #BC49B7 #B7BC49

tetradic

#49B7BC #8749BC #BC4E49 #7DBC49

square

#49B7BC #8749BC #BC4E49 #7DBC49

split-complementary

#49B7BC #BC497D #BC8749

monochromatic

#256365 #368E92 #49B7BC #76C9CC #A2DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#49B7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7BC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7BC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd0',
    500: '#49b7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7bc;
$custom-light: #89cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71894,
    "c": 0.09902,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7BC

secondary

#CA9997

accent

#5852D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7BC

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

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