#49BDA4#49BDA4

#49BDA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.111 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDA4
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 164)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 13.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -38.63, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 38.74, 175.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.1105 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.111 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6429, 40.4891, 41.4731)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDA4 #BD4962

analogous

#49BD6A #49BDA4 #499CBD

triadic

#49BDA4 #A449BD #BDA449

tetradic

#49BDA4 #6A49BD #BD4962 #9CBD49

square

#49BDA4 #6A49BD #BD4962 #9CBD49

split-complementary

#49BDA4 #BD499C #BD6A49

monochromatic

#256658 #35937F #49BDA4 #76CDBA #A3DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BDA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#49BDA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDA4

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDA4	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.111 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1be',
    500: '#49bda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bda4;
$custom-light: #88d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.069,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.11073,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDA4

secondary

#CA97A2

accent

#516ED6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDA4

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

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