#49BD9D#49BD9D

#49BD9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BD9D
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 16.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -40.35, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 40.88, 170.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% -0.1137 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.115 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0281, 40.2432, 38.2351)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BD9D #BD4969

analogous

#49BD63 #49BD9D #49A3BD

triadic

#49BD9D #9D49BD #BD9D49

tetradic

#49BD9D #6349BD #BD4969 #A3BD49

square

#49BD9D #6349BD #BD4969 #A3BD49

split-complementary

#49BD9D #BD49A3 #BD6349

monochromatic

#256654 #359379 #49BD9D #76CDB5 #A3DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#49BD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BD9D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BD9D	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1b9',
    500: '#49bd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bd9d;
$custom-light: #88d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.448,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BD9D

secondary

#CA97A5

accent

#5176D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BD9D

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

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