#49B8B0#49B8B0

#49B8B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B8B0
RGBrgb(73, 184, 176)
HSLhsl(176, 44%, 50%)
HSVhsv(176, 60%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(60.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.63, -33.19, -5.35)
CIE-LCHlch(68.63, 33.62, 189.15°)
OKLaboklab(71.73% -0.0997 -0.015)
OKLCHoklch(71.73% 0.101 188.6)
XYZxyz(27.7211, 38.8291, 47.0997)
Luminance0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B8B0 #B84951
analogous
#49B879 #49B8B0 #4988B8
triadic
#49B8B0 #B049B8 #B8B049
tetradic
#49B8B0 #7949B8 #B84951 #88B849
square
#49B8B0 #7949B8 #B84951 #88B849
split-complementary
#49B8B0 #B84988 #B87949
monochromatic
#26615D #378D87 #49B8B0 #75C9C3 #A1DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40
#49B8B0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77
#49B8B0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8B0
8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B8B0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B8B01.002.408.778.77
#FFFFFF2.401.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7721.001.001.00
##0000008.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEAFB0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA2B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 188.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec7',
    500: '#49b8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b8b0;
$custom-light: #88cec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.676,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71726,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B8B0
secondary
#C79699
accent
#545DD4
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8B0

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#49B8B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva