#49BDCF#49BDCF

#49BDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDCF
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 207)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -26.80, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 32.67, 214.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0918 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.105 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2030, 42.3131, 65.4895)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDCF #CF5B49

analogous

#49CF9E #49BDCF #497ACF

triadic

#49BDCF #CF49BD #BDCF49

tetradic

#49BDCF #9E49CF #CF5B49 #7ACF49

square

#49BDCF #9E49CF #CF5B49 #7ACF49

split-complementary

#49BDCF #CF497A #CF9E49

monochromatic

#21707D #2E9CAD #49BDCF #79CFDC #AAE0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#49BDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDCF

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDCF	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1dd',
    500: '#49bdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdcf;
$custom-light: #8bd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74034,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDCF

secondary

#D6A59E

accent

#5B46E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDCF

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

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