#49BFBE#49BFBE

#49BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFBE
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -32.66, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 33.96, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.101 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.104 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.6686, 42.3925, 55.2715)
Luminance	0.4240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFBE #BF494A

analogous

#49BF83 #49BFBE #4985BF

triadic

#49BFBE #BE49BF #BFBE49

tetradic

#49BFBE #8349BF #BF494A #85BF49

square

#49BFBE #8349BF #BF494A #85BF49

split-complementary

#49BFBE #BF4985 #BF8349

monochromatic

#256968 #359695 #49BFBE #76CFCE #A4DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#49BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFBE

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFBE	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d1',
    500: '#49bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfbe;
$custom-light: #8ad2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73899,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFBE

secondary

#CC9898

accent

#5051D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFBE

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

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