#49BEBC#49BEBC

#49BEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEBC
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 1.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, -32.74, -8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 33.89, 194.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1008 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.104 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2342, 41.8710, 54.0557)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEBC #BE494B

analogous

#49BE82 #49BEBC #4986BE

triadic

#49BEBC #BC49BE #BEBC49

tetradic

#49BEBC #8249BE #BE494B #86BE49

square

#49BEBC #8249BE #BE494B #86BE49

split-complementary

#49BEBC #BE4986 #BE8249

monochromatic

#256866 #359593 #49BEBC #76CECD #A3DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#49BEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEBC

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEBC	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2d0',
    500: '#49bebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bebc;
$custom-light: #89d2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73588,
    "c": 0.10367,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEBC

secondary

#CB9899

accent

#5153D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEBC

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

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