#49BDBA#49BDBA

#49BDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDBA
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.42, -32.82, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.42, 33.83, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.1006 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.103 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8043, 41.3537, 52.8562)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDBA #BD494C

analogous

#49BD80 #49BDBA #4986BD

triadic

#49BDBA #BA49BD #BDBA49

tetradic

#49BDBA #8049BD #BD494C #86BD49

square

#49BDBA #8049BD #BD494C #86BD49

split-complementary

#49BDBA #BD4986 #BD8049

monochromatic

#256665 #359391 #49BDBA #76CDCB #A3DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49BDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#49BDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDBA

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDBA	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1ce',
    500: '#49bdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdba;
$custom-light: #89d1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.448,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73278,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDBA

secondary

#CA9799

accent

#5155D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDBA

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

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