#49BBB2#49BBB2

#49BBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBB2
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -34.06, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 34.43, 188.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.102 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.103 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5503, 40.1685, 48.3595)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBB2 #BB4952

analogous

#49BB79 #49BBB2 #498BBB

triadic

#49BBB2 #B249BB #BBB249

tetradic

#49BBB2 #7949BB #BB4952 #8BBB49

square

#49BBB2 #7949BB #BB4952 #8BBB49

split-complementary

#49BBB2 #BB498B #BB7949

monochromatic

#25645F #36918A #49BBB2 #76CCC5 #A2DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#49BBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBB2

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBB2	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B1B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c9',
    500: '#49bbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbb2;
$custom-light: #88d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.103,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBB2

secondary

#C9979B

accent

#535DD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBB2

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

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