#49BBB8#49BBB8

#49BBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.102 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBB8
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -32.42, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 33.41, 193.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.0994 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.102 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1659, 40.4147, 51.6019)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBB8 #BB494C

analogous

#49BB7F #49BBB8 #4985BB

triadic

#49BBB8 #B849BB #BBB849

tetradic

#49BBB8 #7F49BB #BB494C #85BB49

square

#49BBB8 #7F49BB #BB494C #85BB49

split-complementary

#49BBB8 #BB4985 #BB7F49

monochromatic

#256463 #36918E #49BBB8 #76CCC9 #A2DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#49BBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBB8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBB8	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)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.102 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0cd',
    500: '#49bbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbb8;
$custom-light: #89d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72725,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBB8

secondary

#C99798

accent

#5356D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBB8

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

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