#49BAD0#49BAD0

#49BAD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAD0
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 208)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -25.01, -20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 32.34, 219.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0883 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.105 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6870, 41.0849, 65.9225)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAD0 #D05F49

analogous

#49D0A3 #49BAD0 #4976D0

triadic

#49BAD0 #D049BA #BAD049

tetradic

#49BAD0 #A349D0 #D05F49 #76D049

square

#49BAD0 #A349D0 #D05F49 #76D049

split-complementary

#49BAD0 #D04976 #D0A349

monochromatic

#216F7E #2D9AAF #49BAD0 #7ACCDD #AADFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#49BAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAD0

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAD0	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfde',
    500: '#49bad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bad0;
$custom-light: #8bcfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.778,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7336,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAD0

secondary

#D7A79E

accent

#5F46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAD0

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

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