#49BDA5#49BDA5

#49BDA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.110 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDA5
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 165)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -38.38, 2.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 38.45, 176.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.11 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.11 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7336, 40.5254, 41.9506)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDA5 #BD4961

analogous

#49BD6B #49BDA5 #499BBD

triadic

#49BDA5 #A549BD #BDA549

tetradic

#49BDA5 #6B49BD #BD4961 #9BBD49

square

#49BDA5 #6B49BD #BD4961 #9BBD49

split-complementary

#49BDA5 #BD499B #BD6B49

monochromatic

#256659 #359380 #49BDA5 #76CDBB #A3DED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#49BDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDA5

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDA5	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.110 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1bf',
    500: '#49bda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bda5;
$custom-light: #88d1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.1102,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDA5

secondary

#CA97A2

accent

#516DD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDA5

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

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