#49B7BD#49B7BD

#49B7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7BD
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -29.09, -12.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 31.61, 203.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.093 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8625, 38.9545, 54.1321)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7BD #BD4F49

analogous

#49BD89 #49B7BD #497DBD

triadic

#49B7BD #BD49B7 #B7BD49

tetradic

#49B7BD #8949BD #BD4F49 #7DBD49

square

#49B7BD #8949BD #BD4F49 #7DBD49

split-complementary

#49B7BD #BD497D #BD8949

monochromatic

#256366 #358F93 #49B7BD #76C9CD #A3DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#49B7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7BD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7BD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd0',
    500: '#49b7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7bd;
$custom-light: #89cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.103,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7BD

secondary

#CA9A97

accent

#5851D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7BD

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

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