#49BDBF#49BDBF

#49BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDBF
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -31.43, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 33.20, 198.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.0984 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.103 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3451, 41.5700, 55.7047)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDBF #BF4B49

analogous

#49BF86 #49BDBF #4982BF

triadic

#49BDBF #BF49BD #BDBF49

tetradic

#49BDBF #8649BF #BF4B49 #82BF49

square

#49BDBF #8649BF #BF4B49 #82BF49

split-complementary

#49BDBF #BF4982 #BF8649

monochromatic

#256869 #359496 #49BDBF #76CDCF #A4DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#49BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDBF

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDBF	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#B1B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d2',
    500: '#49bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdbf;
$custom-light: #8ad1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7345,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDBF

secondary

#CC9998

accent

#5350D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDBF

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

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