#49BDC0#49BDC0

#49BDC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDC0
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -31.15, -11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 33.10, 199.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.098 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.103 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4555, 41.6142, 56.2862)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDC0 #C04C49

analogous

#49C088 #49BDC0 #4981C0

triadic

#49BDC0 #C049BD #BDC049

tetradic

#49BDC0 #8849C0 #C04C49 #81C049

square

#49BDC0 #8849C0 #C04C49 #81C049

split-complementary

#49BDC0 #C04981 #C08849

monochromatic

#25686A #349597 #49BDC0 #76CDD0 #A4DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BDC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#49BDC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDC0

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDC0	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d3',
    500: '#49bdc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdc0;
$custom-light: #8ad1d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73485,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDC0

secondary

#CC9A98

accent

#5350D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDC0

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

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