#49BCBD#49BCBD

#49BCBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCBD
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 189)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -31.51, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 33.10, 197.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0983 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.102 196)
XYZ	xyz(29.9122, 41.0538, 54.4820)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCBD #BD4A49

analogous

#49BD84 #49BCBD #4982BD

triadic

#49BCBD #BD49BC #BCBD49

tetradic

#49BCBD #8449BD #BD4A49 #82BD49

square

#49BCBD #8449BD #BD4A49 #82BD49

split-complementary

#49BCBD #BD4982 #BD8449

monochromatic

#256666 #359393 #49BCBD #76CDCD #A3DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#49BCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCBD

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCBD	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0d0',
    500: '#49bcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcbd;
$custom-light: #89d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73138,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.41057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCBD

secondary

#CA9897

accent

#5351D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCBD

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

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