#49BBC0#49BBC0

#49BBC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBC0
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 192)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -30.18, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 32.51, 201.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0959 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0283, 40.7597, 56.1438)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBC0 #C04E49

analogous

#49C08A #49BBC0 #4980C0

triadic

#49BBC0 #C049BB #BBC049

tetradic

#49BBC0 #8A49C0 #C04E49 #80C049

square

#49BBC0 #8A49C0 #C04E49 #80C049

split-complementary

#49BBC0 #C04980 #C08A49

monochromatic

#25676A #349397 #49BBC0 #76CCD0 #A4DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#49BBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBC0

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBC0	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d3',
    500: '#49bbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbc0;
$custom-light: #89d0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73002,
    "c": 0.1016,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBC0

secondary

#CC9B98

accent

#5550D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBC0

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

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