#49BBBC#49BBBC

#49BBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBBC
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, -31.31, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 32.89, 197.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0976 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.102 196)
XYZ	xyz(29.5911, 40.5848, 53.8414)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBBC #BC4A49

analogous

#49BC83 #49BBBC #4981BC

triadic

#49BBBC #BC49BB #BBBC49

tetradic

#49BBBC #8349BC #BC4A49 #81BC49

square

#49BBBC #8349BC #BC4A49 #81BC49

split-complementary

#49BBBC #BC4981 #BC8349

monochromatic

#256565 #369192 #49BBBC #76CCCC #A2DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49BBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#49BBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBBC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBBC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d0',
    500: '#49bbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbbc;
$custom-light: #89d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.40588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBBC

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5352D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBBC

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

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