#49BBC3#49BBC3

#49BBC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBC3
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 195)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -29.32, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 32.32, 204.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0946 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3641, 40.8940, 57.9123)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBC3 #C35149

analogous

#49C38E #49BBC3 #497EC3

triadic

#49BBC3 #C349BB #BBC349

tetradic

#49BBC3 #8E49C3 #C35149 #7EC349

square

#49BBC3 #8E49C3 #C35149 #7EC349

split-complementary

#49BBC3 #C3497E #C38E49

monochromatic

#24696E #33959C #49BBC3 #77CCD2 #A5DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#49BBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBC3

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBC3	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d5',
    500: '#49bbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbc3;
$custom-light: #8ad0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBC3

secondary

#CE9D99

accent

#574EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBC3

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

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