#49B8BE#49B8BE

#49B8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8BE
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -29.29, -12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 31.82, 202.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0936 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.1 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1784, 39.4121, 54.7748)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8BE #BE4F49

analogous

#49BE8A #49B8BE #497EBE

triadic

#49B8BE #BE49B8 #B8BE49

tetradic

#49B8BE #8A49BE #BE4F49 #7EBE49

square

#49B8BE #8A49BE #BE4F49 #7EBE49

split-complementary

#49B8BE #BE497E #BE8A49

monochromatic

#256468 #359095 #49B8BE #76CACE #A3DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#49B8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8BE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8BE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd1',
    500: '#49b8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8be;
$custom-light: #89cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72207,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8BE

secondary

#CB9A98

accent

#5851D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8BE

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

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