#49B8BC#49B8BC

#49B8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8BC
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -29.86, -11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 31.97, 200.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0945 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.1 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9613, 39.3252, 53.6314)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8BC #BC4D49

analogous

#49BC86 #49B8BC #497EBC

triadic

#49B8BC #BC49B8 #B8BC49

tetradic

#49B8BC #8649BC #BC4D49 #7EBC49

square

#49B8BC #8649BC #BC4D49 #7EBC49

split-complementary

#49B8BC #BC497E #BC8649

monochromatic

#256365 #368F92 #49B8BC #76C9CC #A2DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#49B8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#49B8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8BC

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8BC	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd0',
    500: '#49b8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8bc;
$custom-light: #89cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.087,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72136,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8BC

secondary

#CA9997

accent

#5752D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8BC

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

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