#49BDBE#49BDBE

#49BDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDBE
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -31.71, -10.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 33.31, 197.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0989 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.103 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2355, 41.5261, 55.1271)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDBE #BE4A49

analogous

#49BE85 #49BDBE #4983BE

triadic

#49BDBE #BE49BD #BDBE49

tetradic

#49BDBE #8549BE #BE4A49 #83BE49

square

#49BDBE #8549BE #BE4A49 #83BE49

split-complementary

#49BDBE #BE4983 #BE8549

monochromatic

#256768 #359495 #49BDBE #76CDCE #A3DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#49BDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDBE

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDBE	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d1',
    500: '#49bdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdbe;
$custom-light: #8ad1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.513,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73415,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDBE

secondary

#CB9898

accent

#5251D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDBE

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

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