#49BDB2#49BDB2

#49BDB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.105 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDB2
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 5.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -35.00, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 35.24, 186.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.1041 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.105 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9775, 41.0230, 48.5019)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDB2 #BD4954

analogous

#49BD78 #49BDB2 #498EBD

triadic

#49BDB2 #B249BD #BDB249

tetradic

#49BDB2 #7849BD #BD4954 #8EBD49

square

#49BDB2 #7849BD #BD4954 #8EBD49

split-complementary

#49BDB2 #BD498E #BD7849

monochromatic

#256660 #35938A #49BDB2 #76CDC5 #A3DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#49BDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDB2

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDB2	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A6B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.105 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c9',
    500: '#49bdb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdb2;
$custom-light: #89d1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.31,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73014,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDB2

secondary

#CA979C

accent

#515ED6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDB2

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

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