#49BCBC#49BCBC

#49BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCBC
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -31.79, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 33.22, 196.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0987 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.102 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8040, 41.0106, 53.9123)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCBC #BC4949

analogous

#49BC82 #49BCBC #4982BC

triadic

#49BCBC #BC49BC #BCBC49

tetradic

#49BCBC #8249BC #BC4949 #82BC49

square

#49BCBC #8249BC #BC4949 #82BC49

split-complementary

#49BCBC #BC4982 #BC8249

monochromatic

#256565 #369292 #49BCBC #76CCCC #A2DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#49BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCBC

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCBC	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d0',
    500: '#49bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcbc;
$custom-light: #89d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73104,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCBC

secondary

#CA9797

accent

#5252D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCBC

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

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