#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
RGBrgb(73, 189, 192)
HSLhsl(182, 49%, 52%)
HSVhsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(62%, 1.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.60, -31.15, -11.20)
CIE-LCHlch(70.60, 33.10, 199.77°)
OKLaboklab(73.49% -0.098 -0.031)
OKLCHoklch(73.49% 0.103 197.6)
XYZxyz(30.4555, 41.6142, 56.2862)
Luminance0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49BDC01.002.259.329.32
#FFFFFF2.251.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3221.001.001.00
##0000009.3221.001.001.00

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

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#49BDC0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva