#49B4BD#49B4BD

#49B4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.098 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4BD
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -27.62, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 30.84, 206.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0898 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.098 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2503, 37.7301, 53.9281)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4BD #BD5249

analogous

#49BD8C #49B4BD #497ABD

triadic

#49B4BD #BD49B4 #B4BD49

tetradic

#49B4BD #8C49BD #BD5249 #7ABD49

square

#49B4BD #8C49BD #BD5249 #7ABD49

split-complementary

#49B4BD #BD497A #BD8C49

monochromatic

#256166 #358C93 #49B4BD #76C7CD #A3D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#49B4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#49B4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4BD

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4BD	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.098 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad0',
    500: '#49b4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4bd;
$custom-light: #89cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71206,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4BD

secondary

#CA9B97

accent

#5C51D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4BD

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

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