#49BFB8#49BFB8

#49BFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFB8
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 184)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -34.31, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 34.88, 190.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.1036 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.105 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0263, 42.1356, 51.8887)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFB8 #BF4950

analogous

#49BF7D #49BFB8 #498BBF

triadic

#49BFB8 #B849BF #BFB849

tetradic

#49BFB8 #7D49BF #BF4950 #8BBF49

square

#49BFB8 #7D49BF #BF4950 #8BBF49

split-complementary

#49BFB8 #BF498B #BF7D49

monochromatic

#256965 #359690 #49BFB8 #76CFCA #A4DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#49BFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFB8

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFB8	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3cd',
    500: '#49bfb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfb8;
$custom-light: #89d3cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.441,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73697,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFB8

secondary

#CC989B

accent

#5058D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFB8

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

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