#49B9BC#49B9BC

#49B9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9BC
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -30.35, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 32.27, 199.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0955 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.1 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1698, 39.7421, 53.7009)
Luminance	0.3975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9BC #BC4C49

analogous

#49BC85 #49B9BC #497FBC

triadic

#49B9BC #BC49B9 #B9BC49

tetradic

#49B9BC #8549BC #BC4C49 #7FBC49

square

#49B9BC #8549BC #BC4C49 #7FBC49

split-complementary

#49B9BC #BC497F #BC8549

monochromatic

#256465 #369092 #49B9BC #76CACC #A2DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#49B9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9BC

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9BC	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced0',
    500: '#49b9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9bc;
$custom-light: #89ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.565,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72378,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9BC

secondary

#CA9897

accent

#5552D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9BC

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

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