#49BDB1#49BDB1

#49BDB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDB1
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 177)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -35.26, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 35.45, 185.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.1046 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.105 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8775, 40.9829, 47.9751)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDB1 #BD4955

analogous

#49BD77 #49BDB1 #498FBD

triadic

#49BDB1 #B149BD #BDB149

tetradic

#49BDB1 #7749BD #BD4955 #8FBD49

square

#49BDB1 #7749BD #BD4955 #8FBD49

split-complementary

#49BDB1 #BD498F #BD7749

monochromatic

#256660 #35938A #49BDB1 #76CDC4 #A3DED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BDB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#49BDB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDB1

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDB1	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c8',
    500: '#49bdb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdb1;
$custom-light: #89d1c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72982,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDB1

secondary

#CA979D

accent

#515FD6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDB1

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

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