#49CBB5#49CBB5

#49CBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBB5
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 181)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 10.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -40.59, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 40.60, 179.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.1174 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.117 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4401, 47.4610, 51.1583)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBB5 #CB495F

analogous

#49CB74 #49CBB5 #49A0CB

triadic

#49CBB5 #B549CB #CBB549

tetradic

#49CBB5 #7449CB #CB495F #A0CB49

square

#49CBB5 #7449CB #CB495F #A0CB49

split-complementary

#49CBB5 #CB49A0 #CB7449

monochromatic

#227769 #30A793 #49CBB5 #79D9C8 #A8E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#49CBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#49CBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBB5

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBB5	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3BFB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbcb',
    500: '#49cbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbb5;
$custom-light: #8bdbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.846,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76529,
    "c": 0.11745,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBB5

secondary

#D49CA6

accent

#4962DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBB5

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

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