#49BFB4#49BFB4

#49BFB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFB4
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, -35.39, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 35.65, 186.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1054 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.106 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6130, 41.9702, 49.7116)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFB4 #BF4954

analogous

#49BF79 #49BFB4 #498FBF

triadic

#49BFB4 #B449BF #BFB449

tetradic

#49BFB4 #7949BF #BF4954 #8FBF49

square

#49BFB4 #7949BF #BF4954 #8FBF49

split-complementary

#49BFB4 #BF498F #BF7949

monochromatic

#256962 #35968D #49BFB4 #76CFC7 #A4DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#49BFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFB4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFB4	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)

#B6B5B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A8B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3ca',
    500: '#49bfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfb4;
$custom-light: #89d3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.407,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73567,
    "c": 0.10606,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFB4

secondary

#CC989D

accent

#505DD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFB4

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

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