#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
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 184)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -33.37, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 34.13, 192.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.1015 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.103 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5931, 41.2692, 51.7443)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49BDB8	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDB8

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

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