#49BDBC#49BDBC

#49BDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDBC
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -32.27, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 33.55, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0997 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.103 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0184, 41.4393, 53.9838)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDBC #BD494A

analogous

#49BD82 #49BDBC #4984BD

triadic

#49BDBC #BC49BD #BDBC49

tetradic

#49BDBC #8249BD #BD494A #84BD49

square

#49BDBC #8249BD #BD494A #84BD49

split-complementary

#49BDBC #BD4984 #BD8249

monochromatic

#256666 #359393 #49BDBC #76CDCD #A3DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#49BDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDBC

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDBC	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1d0',
    500: '#49bdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdbc;
$custom-light: #89d1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.483,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73346,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDBC

secondary

#CA9798

accent

#5153D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDBC

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

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