#49BDC3#49BDC3

#49BDC3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDC3
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 195)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -30.30, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 32.85, 202.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.0967 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.103 200)
XYZ	xyz(30.7913, 41.7485, 58.0547)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDC3 #C34F49

analogous

#49C38C #49BDC3 #4980C3

triadic

#49BDC3 #C349BD #BDC349

tetradic

#49BDC3 #8C49C3 #C34F49 #80C349

square

#49BDC3 #8C49C3 #C34F49 #80C349

split-complementary

#49BDC3 #C34980 #C38C49

monochromatic

#246A6E #33969C #49BDC3 #77CED2 #A5DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BDC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#49BDC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDC3

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDC3	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B5C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d5',
    500: '#49bdc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdc3;
$custom-light: #8ad1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73591,
    "c": 0.10294,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.41752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDC3

secondary

#CE9C99

accent

#554EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDC3

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

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