#49BBB3#49BBB3

#49BBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.103 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBB3
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -33.79, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 34.24, 189.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.1016 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.103 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6510, 40.2088, 48.8902)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBB3 #BB4951

analogous

#49BB7A #49BBB3 #498ABB

triadic

#49BBB3 #B349BB #BBB349

tetradic

#49BBB3 #7A49BB #BB4951 #8ABB49

square

#49BBB3 #7A49BB #BB4951 #8ABB49

split-complementary

#49BBB3 #BB498A #BB7A49

monochromatic

#256460 #36918A #49BBB3 #76CCC6 #A2DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#49BBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBB3

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBB3	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.103 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c9',
    500: '#49bbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbb3;
$custom-light: #88d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.789,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72558,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBB3

secondary

#C9979A

accent

#535CD5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBB3

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

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