#49BBB0#49BBB0

#49BBB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.104 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBB0
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 176)
HSL	hsl(174, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -34.60, -4.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 34.83, 186.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.1029 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.104 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3509, 40.0887, 47.3097)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBB0 #BB4954

analogous

#49BB77 #49BBB0 #498DBB

triadic

#49BBB0 #B049BB #BBB049

tetradic

#49BBB0 #7749BB #BB4954 #8DBB49

square

#49BBB0 #7749BB #BB4954 #8DBB49

split-complementary

#49BBB0 #BB498D #BB7749

monochromatic

#25645E #369188 #49BBB0 #76CCC3 #A2DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49BBB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#49BBB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBB0

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBB0	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B1B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.104 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c7',
    500: '#49bbb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbb0;
$custom-light: #88d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72461,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBB0

secondary

#C9979C

accent

#535FD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBB0

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

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