#49BFB5#49BFB5

#49BFB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.106 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFB5
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 181)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 5.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -35.12, -4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 35.45, 187.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.1049 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.106 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7152, 42.0111, 50.2500)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFB5 #BF4953

analogous

#49BF7A #49BFB5 #498EBF

triadic

#49BFB5 #B549BF #BFB549

tetradic

#49BFB5 #7A49BF #BF4953 #8EBF49

square

#49BFB5 #7A49BF #BF4953 #8EBF49

split-complementary

#49BFB5 #BF498E #BF7A49

monochromatic

#256963 #35968E #49BFB5 #76CFC7 #A4DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BFB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#49BFB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFB5

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFB5	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A8B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.106 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3cb',
    500: '#49bfb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfb5;
$custom-light: #89d3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.915,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73599,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFB5

secondary

#CC989C

accent

#505CD8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFB5

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

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