#49B9BB#49B9BB

#49B9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.100 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9BB
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -30.63, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 32.37, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.096 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.1 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0624, 39.6992, 53.1352)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9BB #BB4B49

analogous

#49BB84 #49B9BB #4980BB

triadic

#49B9BB #BB49B9 #B9BB49

tetradic

#49B9BB #8449BB #BB4B49 #80BB49

square

#49B9BB #8449BB #BB4B49 #80BB49

split-complementary

#49B9BB #BB4980 #BB8449

monochromatic

#256364 #368F91 #49B9BB #76CACC #A2DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#49B9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9BB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9BB	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.100 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cecf',
    500: '#49b9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9bb;
$custom-light: #89cecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72343,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9BB

secondary

#C99897

accent

#5553D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9BB

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

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