#49B8B3#49B8B3

#49B8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8B3
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -32.37, -6.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 33.09, 191.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.83% -0.0984 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(71.83% 0.1 191)
XYZ	xyz(28.0212, 38.9492, 48.6803)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8B3 #B8494E

analogous

#49B87B #49B8B3 #4986B8

triadic

#49B8B3 #B349B8 #B8B349

tetradic

#49B8B3 #7B49B8 #B8494E #86B849

square

#49B8B3 #7B49B8 #B8494E #86B849

split-complementary

#49B8B3 #B84986 #B87B49

monochromatic

#26615E #378D89 #49B8B3 #75C9C5 #A1DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#49B8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8B3

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8B3	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)

#AEAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec9',
    500: '#49b8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8b3;
$custom-light: #88cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71826,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.38952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8B3

secondary

#C79698

accent

#545AD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8B3

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

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