#49B8BF#49B8BF

#49B8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8BF
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -29.01, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 31.76, 204.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0932 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(29.2881, 39.4559, 55.3523)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8BF #BF5049

analogous

#49BF8B #49B8BF #497DBF

triadic

#49B8BF #BF49B8 #B8BF49

tetradic

#49B8BF #8B49BF #BF5049 #7DBF49

square

#49B8BF #8B49BF #BF5049 #7DBF49

split-complementary

#49B8BF #BF497D #BF8B49

monochromatic

#256569 #359096 #49B8BF #76CACF #A4DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#49B8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8BF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8BF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdd2',
    500: '#49b8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8bf;
$custom-light: #89cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.559,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72243,
    "c": 0.09983,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.39459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8BF

secondary

#CC9B98

accent

#5850D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8BF

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

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