#49B9BE#49B9BE

#49B9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9BE
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -29.78, -11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 32.10, 201.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0947 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3869, 39.8290, 54.8442)
Luminance	0.3983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9BE #BE4E49

analogous

#49BE89 #49B9BE #497FBE

triadic

#49B9BE #BE49B9 #B9BE49

tetradic

#49B9BE #8949BE #BE4E49 #7FBE49

square

#49B9BE #8949BE #BE4E49 #7FBE49

split-complementary

#49B9BE #BE497F #BE8949

monochromatic

#256568 #359195 #49B9BE #76CACE #A3DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49B9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#49B9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9BE

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9BE	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced1',
    500: '#49b9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9be;
$custom-light: #89ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.564,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72448,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9BE

secondary

#CB9A98

accent

#5751D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9BE

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

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