#49B8BB#49B8BB

#49B8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8BB
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -30.15, -10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 32.06, 199.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0949 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.1 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8539, 39.2823, 53.0657)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8BB #BB4C49

analogous

#49BB85 #49B8BB #497FBB

triadic

#49B8BB #BB49B8 #B8BB49

tetradic

#49B8BB #8549BB #BB4C49 #7FBB49

square

#49B8BB #8549BB #BB4C49 #7FBB49

split-complementary

#49B8BB #BB497F #BB8549

monochromatic

#256364 #368E91 #49B8BB #76C9CC #A2DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#49B8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8BB

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8BB	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdcf',
    500: '#49b8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8bb;
$custom-light: #89cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72101,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8BB

secondary

#C99897

accent

#5653D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8BB

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

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