#49BABD#49BABD

#49BABD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BABD
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -30.55, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 32.48, 199.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0961 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.101 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4879, 40.2053, 54.3406)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BABD #BD4C49

analogous

#49BD86 #49BABD #4980BD

triadic

#49BABD #BD49BA #BABD49

tetradic

#49BABD #8649BD #BD4C49 #80BD49

square

#49BABD #8649BD #BD4C49 #80BD49

split-complementary

#49BABD #BD4980 #BD8649

monochromatic

#256566 #359193 #49BABD #76CBCD #A3DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#49BABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BABD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BABD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49babd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd0',
    500: '#49babd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49babd;
$custom-light: #89cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49babd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BABD

secondary

#CA9997

accent

#5551D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BABD

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

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