#49BDA2#49BDA2

#49BDA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.112 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDA2
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -39.13, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 39.33, 174.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.1114 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.112 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4637, 40.4174, 40.5294)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDA2 #BD4964

analogous

#49BD68 #49BDA2 #499EBD

triadic

#49BDA2 #A249BD #BDA249

tetradic

#49BDA2 #6849BD #BD4964 #9EBD49

square

#49BDA2 #6849BD #BD4964 #9EBD49

split-complementary

#49BDA2 #BD499E #BD6849

monochromatic

#256657 #35937E #49BDA2 #76CDB9 #A3DED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#49BDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDA2

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDA2	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)

#B7B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.112 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1bd',
    500: '#49bda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bda2;
$custom-light: #88d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72526,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDA2

secondary

#CA97A3

accent

#5170D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDA2

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

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