#49BDCD#49BDCD

#49BDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDCD
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -27.39, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 32.61, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0926 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.105 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9600, 42.2160, 64.2099)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDCD #CD5949

analogous

#49CD9B #49BDCD #497BCD

triadic

#49BDCD #CD49BD #BDCD49

tetradic

#49BDCD #9B49CD #CD5949 #7BCD49

square

#49BDCD #9B49CD #CD5949 #7BCD49

split-complementary

#49BDCD #CD497B #CD9B49

monochromatic

#226F7A #2F9BAA #49BDCD #79CEDA #A9E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#49BDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDCD

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDCD	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1dc',
    500: '#49bdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdcd;
$custom-light: #8bd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73958,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDCD

secondary

#D5A49D

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDCD

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

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