#49BBBE#49BBBE

#49BBBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBBE
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -30.75, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 32.69, 199.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0968 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.102 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8082, 40.6716, 54.9847)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBBE #BE4C49

analogous

#49BE87 #49BBBE #4981BE

triadic

#49BBBE #BE49BB #BBBE49

tetradic

#49BBBE #8749BE #BE4C49 #81BE49

square

#49BBBE #8749BE #BE4C49 #81BE49

split-complementary

#49BBBE #BE4981 #BE8749

monochromatic

#256668 #359295 #49BBBE #76CCCE #A3DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49BBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#49BBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBBE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBBE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d1',
    500: '#49bbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbbe;
$custom-light: #89d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72932,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBBE

secondary

#CB9998

accent

#5451D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBBE

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

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