#49BDC2#49BDC2

#49BDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDC2
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 194)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -30.58, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 32.92, 201.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.0972 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.103 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6786, 41.7034, 57.4612)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDC2 #C24E49

analogous

#49C28A #49BDC2 #4981C2

triadic

#49BDC2 #C249BD #BDC249

tetradic

#49BDC2 #8A49C2 #C24E49 #81C249

square

#49BDC2 #8A49C2 #C24E49 #81C249

split-complementary

#49BDC2 #C24981 #C28A49

monochromatic

#24696C #34969A #49BDC2 #77CED1 #A5DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#49BDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDC2

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDC2	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d4',
    500: '#49bdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdc2;
$custom-light: #8ad1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73555,
    "c": 0.10288,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDC2

secondary

#CE9B99

accent

#544ED9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDC2

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

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