#49BBB9#49BBB9

#49BBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBB9
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -32.15, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 33.27, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0989 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.102 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2711, 40.4568, 52.1559)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBB9 #BB494B

analogous

#49BB80 #49BBB9 #4984BB

triadic

#49BBB9 #B949BB #BBB949

tetradic

#49BBB9 #8049BB #BB494B #84BB49

square

#49BBB9 #8049BB #BB494B #84BB49

split-complementary

#49BBB9 #BB4984 #BB8049

monochromatic

#256463 #36918F #49BBB9 #76CCCA #A2DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#49BBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBB9

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBB9	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0ce',
    500: '#49bbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbb9;
$custom-light: #89d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.947,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBB9

secondary

#C99798

accent

#5355D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBB9

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

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