#49BFB3#49BFB3

#49BFB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.106 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFB3
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 179)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -35.66, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.86, 186.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1058 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.106 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5115, 41.9296, 49.1770)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFB3 #BF4955

analogous

#49BF78 #49BFB3 #4990BF

triadic

#49BFB3 #B349BF #BFB349

tetradic

#49BFB3 #7849BF #BF4955 #90BF49

square

#49BFB3 #7849BF #BF4955 #90BF49

split-complementary

#49BFB3 #BF4990 #BF7849

monochromatic

#256962 #35968C #49BFB3 #76CFC6 #A4DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#49BFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFB3

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFB3	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.106 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3c9',
    500: '#49bfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfb3;
$custom-light: #89d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFB3

secondary

#CC989D

accent

#505ED8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFB3

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

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