#49BEB3#49BEB3

#49BEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.105 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEB3
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 179)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -35.20, -4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 35.45, 186.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.1048 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.105 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2941, 41.4949, 49.1046)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEB3 #BE4954

analogous

#49BE79 #49BEB3 #498FBE

triadic

#49BEB3 #B349BE #BEB349

tetradic

#49BEB3 #7949BE #BE4954 #8FBE49

square

#49BEB3 #7949BE #BE4954 #8FBE49

split-complementary

#49BEB3 #BE498F #BE7949

monochromatic

#256861 #35958C #49BEB3 #76CEC6 #A3DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49BEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEB3

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEB3	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49beb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.105 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2c9',
    500: '#49beb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49beb3;
$custom-light: #89d2c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49beb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.359,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEB3

secondary

#CB989D

accent

#515DD7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEB3

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

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