#49BDB4#49BDB4

#49BDB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDB4
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 180)
HSL	hsl(175, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 4.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -34.46, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 34.84, 188.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1032 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.104 188)
XYZ	xyz(29.1798, 41.1039, 49.5672)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDB4 #BD4952

analogous

#49BD7A #49BDB4 #498CBD

triadic

#49BDB4 #B449BD #BDB449

tetradic

#49BDB4 #7A49BD #BD4952 #8CBD49

square

#49BDB4 #7A49BD #BD4952 #8CBD49

split-complementary

#49BDB4 #BD498C #BD7A49

monochromatic

#256661 #35938C #49BDB4 #76CDC7 #A3DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BDB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#49BDB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDB4

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDB4	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1ca',
    500: '#49bdb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdb4;
$custom-light: #89d1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.345,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73079,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.41107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDB4

secondary

#CA979B

accent

#515CD6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDB4

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

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