#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
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, -33.12, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 33.64, 190.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0999 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.101 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1289, 39.3258, 48.2191)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49B9B2	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)

#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

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

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