#49BCBF#49BCBF

#49BCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCBF
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -30.95, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 32.89, 199.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0974 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.102 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1308, 41.1413, 55.6332)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCBF #BF4C49

analogous

#49BF87 #49BCBF #4981BF

triadic

#49BCBF #BF49BC #BCBF49

tetradic

#49BCBF #8749BF #BF4C49 #81BF49

square

#49BCBF #8749BF #BF4C49 #81BF49

split-complementary

#49BCBF #BF4981 #BF8749

monochromatic

#256769 #359496 #49BCBF #76CDCF #A4DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#49BCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCBF

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCBF	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d2',
    500: '#49bcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcbf;
$custom-light: #8ad0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73208,
    "c": 0.10217,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCBF

secondary

#CC9998

accent

#5450D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCBF

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

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