#49BBC4#49BBC4

#49BBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBC4
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -29.04, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 32.28, 205.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0942 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.102 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4775, 40.9394, 58.5097)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBC4 #C45249

analogous

#49C48F #49BBC4 #497EC4

triadic

#49BBC4 #C449BB #BBC449

tetradic

#49BBC4 #8F49C4 #C45249 #7EC449

square

#49BBC4 #8F49C4 #C45249 #7EC449

split-complementary

#49BBC4 #C4497E #C48F49

monochromatic

#24696F #33959D #49BBC4 #77CCD3 #A5DEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#49BBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBC4

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBC4	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d5',
    500: '#49bbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbc4;
$custom-light: #8ad0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.39,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBC4

secondary

#CF9E9A

accent

#584DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBC4

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

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