#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
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 176)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -33.19, -5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 33.62, 189.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0997 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.101 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7211, 38.8291, 47.0997)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49B8B0	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#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

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

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