#49BDB8#49BDB8

#49BDB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.103 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49BDB8
RGBrgb(73, 189, 184)
HSLhsl(177, 47%, 51%)
HSVhsv(177, 61%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.36, -33.37, -7.17)
CIE-LCHlch(70.36, 34.13, 192.13°)
OKLaboklab(73.21% -0.1015 -0.02)
OKLCHoklch(73.21% 0.103 191.1)
XYZxyz(29.5931, 41.2692, 51.7443)
Luminance0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49BDB8 #BD494E
analogous
#49BD7E #49BDB8 #4988BD
triadic
#49BDB8 #B849BD #BDB849
tetradic
#49BDB8 #7E49BD #BD494E #88BD49
square
#49BDB8 #7E49BD #BD494E #88BD49
split-complementary
#49BDB8 #BD4988 #BD7E49
monochromatic
#256664 #35938F #49BDB8 #76CDCA #A3DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#49BDB8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25
#49BDB8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDB8
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49BDB8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49BDB81.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2B4B8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0A6B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49bdb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.103 191.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1cd',
    500: '#49bdb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49bdb8;
$custom-light: #89d1cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49bdb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.414,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49BDB8
secondary
#CA979A
accent
#5157D6
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F1F9F9
border
#CBD2D2
text
#0D1413
muted
#7E8282

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#49BDB8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva