#49BFB9#49BFB9

#49BFB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.105 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFB9
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -34.04, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 34.71, 191.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.1031 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.105 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1315, 42.1776, 52.4427)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFB9 #BF494F

analogous

#49BF7E #49BFB9 #498ABF

triadic

#49BFB9 #B949BF #BFB949

tetradic

#49BFB9 #7E49BF #BF494F #8ABF49

square

#49BFB9 #7E49BF #BF494F #8ABF49

split-complementary

#49BFB9 #BF498A #BF7E49

monochromatic

#256965 #359691 #49BFB9 #76CFCA #A4DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#49BFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFB9

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFB9	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A8BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.105 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3ce',
    500: '#49bfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfb9;
$custom-light: #89d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7373,
    "c": 0.10487,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFB9

secondary

#CC989B

accent

#5057D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFB9

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

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