#49BBBA#49BBBA

#49BBBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBBA
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 186)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -31.87, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 33.14, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0985 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.102 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3770, 40.4992, 52.7138)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBBA #BB494A

analogous

#49BB81 #49BBBA #4983BB

triadic

#49BBBA #BA49BB #BBBA49

tetradic

#49BBBA #8149BB #BB494A #83BB49

square

#49BBBA #8149BB #BB494A #83BB49

split-complementary

#49BBBA #BB4983 #BB8149

monochromatic

#256464 #369190 #49BBBA #76CCCB #A2DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#49BBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBBA

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBBA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 194.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72793,
    "c": 0.10167,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBBA

secondary

#C99797

accent

#5354D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBBA

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

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