#49CBB9#49CBB9

#49CBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.116 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBB9
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 8.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -39.56, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 39.59, 182.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.1156 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.116 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8565, 47.6275, 53.3510)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBB9 #CB495B

analogous

#49CB78 #49CBB9 #499CCB

triadic

#49CBB9 #B949CB #CBB949

tetradic

#49CBB9 #7849CB #CB495B #9CCB49

square

#49CBB9 #7849CB #CB495B #9CCB49

split-complementary

#49CBB9 #CB499C #CB7849

monochromatic

#22776C #30A797 #49CBB9 #79D9CB #A8E6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#49CBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#49CBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBB9

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBB9	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C0B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.116 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdbce',
    500: '#49cbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbb9;
$custom-light: #8bdbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7665,
    "c": 0.11574,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBB9

secondary

#D49CA4

accent

#495EDF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBB9

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

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