#49BDAD#49BDAD

#49BDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDAD
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -36.32, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 36.36, 182.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1064 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.107 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4846, 40.8258, 45.9061)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDAD #BD4959

analogous

#49BD73 #49BDAD #4993BD

triadic

#49BDAD #AD49BD #BDAD49

tetradic

#49BDAD #7349BD #BD4959 #93BD49

square

#49BDAD #7349BD #BD4959 #93BD49

split-complementary

#49BDAD #BD4993 #BD7349

monochromatic

#25665D #359386 #49BDAD #76CDC1 #A3DED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#49BDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDAD

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDAD	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1c5',
    500: '#49bdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdad;
$custom-light: #88d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72856,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDAD

secondary

#CA979E

accent

#5164D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDAD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →