#49BCBE#49BCBE

#49BCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCBE
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -31.23, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 32.99, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.0978 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.102 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0211, 41.0974, 55.0557)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCBE #BE4B49

analogous

#49BE86 #49BCBE #4982BE

triadic

#49BCBE #BE49BC #BCBE49

tetradic

#49BCBE #8649BE #BE4B49 #82BE49

square

#49BCBE #8649BE #BE4B49 #82BE49

split-complementary

#49BCBE #BE4982 #BE8649

monochromatic

#256668 #359395 #49BCBE #76CDCE #A3DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#49BCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCBE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCBE	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d1',
    500: '#49bcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcbe;
$custom-light: #89d0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73173,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCBE

secondary

#CB9998

accent

#5351D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCBE

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

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