#49BBB7#49BBB7

#49BBB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.102 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBB7
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 183)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -32.70, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 33.56, 193.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0998 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.102 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0614, 40.3729, 51.0517)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBB7 #BB494D

analogous

#49BB7E #49BBB7 #4986BB

triadic

#49BBB7 #B749BB #BBB749

tetradic

#49BBB7 #7E49BB #BB494D #86BB49

square

#49BBB7 #7E49BB #BB494D #86BB49

split-complementary

#49BBB7 #BB4986 #BB7E49

monochromatic

#256462 #36918E #49BBB7 #76CCC9 #A2DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BBB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#49BBB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBB7

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBB7	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.102 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0cc',
    500: '#49bbb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbb7;
$custom-light: #89d0cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBB7

secondary

#C99798

accent

#5357D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBB7

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

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