#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
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 177)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -34.33, -4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 34.63, 187.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.1025 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.103 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4502, 40.1285, 47.8327)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49BBB1	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49BBB1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →