#49B9BF#49B9BF

#49B9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9BF
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -29.50, -12.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 32.03, 202.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0942 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.1 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4965, 39.8728, 55.4218)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9BF #BF4F49

analogous

#49BF8A #49B9BF #497EBF

triadic

#49B9BF #BF49B9 #B9BF49

tetradic

#49B9BF #8A49BF #BF4F49 #7EBF49

square

#49B9BF #8A49BF #BF4F49 #7EBF49

split-complementary

#49B9BF #BF497E #BF8A49

monochromatic

#256569 #359196 #49B9BF #76CACF #A4DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49B9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#49B9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9BF

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9BF	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ced2',
    500: '#49b9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9bf;
$custom-light: #89ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.051,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72484,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9BF

secondary

#CC9B98

accent

#5750D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9BF

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

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