#49B8BA#49B8BA

#49B8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8BA
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, -30.43, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 32.16, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0953 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.1 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7472, 39.2396, 52.5038)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8BA #BA4B49

analogous

#49BA83 #49B8BA #497FBA

triadic

#49B8BA #BA49B8 #B8BA49

tetradic

#49B8BA #8349BA #BA4B49 #7FBA49

square

#49B8BA #8349BA #BA4B49 #7FBA49

split-complementary

#49B8BA #BA497F #BA8349

monochromatic

#266263 #368E8F #49B8BA #75C9CB #A2DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#49B8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8BA

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8BA	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdce',
    500: '#49b8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8ba;
$custom-light: #89cdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.062,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72066,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8BA

secondary

#C89796

accent

#5553D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8BA

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

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