#49BBB1#49BBB1

#49BBB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BBB1
RGBrgb(73, 187, 177)
HSLhsl(175, 46%, 51%)
HSVhsv(175, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(61%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(69.56, -34.33, -4.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.56, 34.63, 187.50°)
OKLaboklab(72.49% -0.1025 -0.0128)
OKLCHoklch(72.49% 0.103 187.1)
XYZxyz(28.4502, 40.1285, 47.8327)
Luminance0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BBB1 #BB4953
analogous
#49BB78 #49BBB1 #498CBB
triadic
#49BBB1 #B149BB #BBB149
tetradic
#49BBB1 #7849BB #BB4953 #8CBB49
square
#49BBB1 #7849BB #BB4953 #8CBB49
split-complementary
#49BBB1 #BB498C #BB7849
monochromatic
#25645F #369189 #49BBB1 #76CCC4 #A2DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#49BBB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03
#49BBB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBB1
9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BBB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BBB11.002.339.039.03
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0321.001.001.00
##0000009.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B1B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A4B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 187.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c8',
    500: '#49bbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bbb1;
$custom-light: #88d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BBB1
secondary
#C9979B
accent
#535ED5
background
#F8FCFC
surface
#F0F9F8
border
#CBD2D1
text
#0D1413
muted
#7D8282

Preview Lab

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#49BBB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva