#49BBBB#49BBBB

#49BBBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBBB
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 187)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 0%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -31.59, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 33.01, 196.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0981 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.102 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4837, 40.5418, 53.2756)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBBB #BB4949

analogous

#49BB82 #49BBBB #4982BB

triadic

#49BBBB #BB49BB #BBBB49

tetradic

#49BBBB #8249BB #BB4949 #82BB49

square

#49BBBB #8249BB #BB4949 #82BB49

split-complementary

#49BBBB #BB4982 #BB8249

monochromatic

#256464 #369191 #49BBBB #76CCCC #A2DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BBBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#49BBBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBBB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBBB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0cf',
    500: '#49bbbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbbb;
$custom-light: #89d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72827,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBBB

secondary

#C99797

accent

#5353D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBBB

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

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