#49BDB0#49BDB0

#49BDB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDB0
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 6.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -35.53, -3.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.67, 185.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.105 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.105 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7782, 40.9432, 47.4521)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDB0 #BD4956

analogous

#49BD76 #49BDB0 #4990BD

triadic

#49BDB0 #B049BD #BDB049

tetradic

#49BDB0 #7649BD #BD4956 #90BD49

square

#49BDB0 #7649BD #BD4956 #90BD49

split-complementary

#49BDB0 #BD4990 #BD7649

monochromatic

#25665F #359389 #49BDB0 #76CDC3 #A3DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#49BDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDB0

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDB0	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c7',
    500: '#49bdb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdb0;
$custom-light: #89d1c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7295,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDB0

secondary

#CA979D

accent

#5160D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDB0

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

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