#49BCBB#49BCBB

#49BCBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCBB
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 187)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.15, -32.07, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.15, 33.34, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0991 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.102 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6966, 40.9676, 53.3466)
Luminance	0.4097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCBB #BC494A

analogous

#49BC81 #49BCBB #4983BC

triadic

#49BCBB #BB49BC #BCBB49

tetradic

#49BCBB #8149BC #BC494A #83BC49

square

#49BCBB #8149BC #BC494A #83BC49

split-complementary

#49BCBB #BC4983 #BC8149

monochromatic

#256565 #369291 #49BCBB #76CCCC #A2DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#49BCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCBB

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCBB	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	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)

#B1B3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0cf',
    500: '#49bcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcbb;
$custom-light: #89d0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCBB

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5253D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCBB

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

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