#49B9B2#49B9B2

#49B9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B9B2
RGBrgb(73, 185, 178)
HSLhsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSVhsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(60.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.99, -33.12, -5.92)
CIE-LCHlch(68.99, 33.64, 190.13°)
OKLaboklab(72.04% -0.0999 -0.0165)
OKLCHoklch(72.04% 0.101 189.4)
XYZxyz(28.1289, 39.3258, 48.2191)
Luminance0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B9B2 #B94950
analogous
#49B97A #49B9B2 #4988B9
triadic
#49B9B2 #B249B9 #B9B249
tetradic
#49B9B2 #7A49B9 #B94950 #88B949
square
#49B9B2 #7A49B9 #B94950 #88B949
split-complementary
#49B9B2 #B94988 #B97A49
monochromatic
#26625E #378E89 #49B9B2 #75CAC5 #A1DBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#49B9B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87
#49B9B2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9B2
8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B9B2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B9B21.002.378.878.87
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8721.001.001.00
##0000008.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFB0B2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9EA3B3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 189.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec9',
    500: '#49b9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b9b2;
$custom-light: #88cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72037,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B9B2
secondary
#C89699
accent
#545CD4
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0C1313
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9B2

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#49B9B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva