#49BDA1#49BDA1

#49BDA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDA1
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 161)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 14.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -39.37, 4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 39.63, 173.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1119 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.112 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3752, 40.3820, 40.0631)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDA1 #BD4965

analogous

#49BD67 #49BDA1 #499FBD

triadic

#49BDA1 #A149BD #BDA149

tetradic

#49BDA1 #6749BD #BD4965 #9FBD49

square

#49BDA1 #6749BD #BD4965 #9FBD49

split-complementary

#49BDA1 #BD499F #BD6749

monochromatic

#256657 #35937D #49BDA1 #76CDB8 #A3DECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BDA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#49BDA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDA1

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDA1	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bda1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1bc',
    500: '#49bda1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bda1;
$custom-light: #88d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bda1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72498,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDA1

secondary

#CA97A4

accent

#5172D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDA1

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

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