#49BBBD#49BBBD

#49BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBBD
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -31.03, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 32.78, 198.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0972 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.102 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6993, 40.6281, 54.4111)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBBD #BD4B49

analogous

#49BD85 #49BBBD #4981BD

triadic

#49BBBD #BD49BB #BBBD49

tetradic

#49BBBD #8549BD #BD4B49 #81BD49

square

#49BBBD #8549BD #BD4B49 #81BD49

split-complementary

#49BBBD #BD4981 #BD8549

monochromatic

#256566 #359293 #49BBBD #76CCCD #A3DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#49BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBBD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBBD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 196.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBBD

secondary

#CA9897

accent

#5451D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBBD

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

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