#49BDD3#49BDD3

#49BDD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDD3
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 211)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -25.61, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 32.90, 218.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0902 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.107 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6982, 42.5112, 68.0976)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDD3 #D35F49

analogous

#49D3A4 #49BDD3 #4978D3

triadic

#49BDD3 #D349BD #BDD349

tetradic

#49BDD3 #A449D3 #D35F49 #78D349

square

#49BDD3 #A449D3 #D35F49 #78D349

split-complementary

#49BDD3 #D34978 #D3A449

monochromatic

#1F7282 #2B9EB3 #49BDD3 #7ACFDF #ACE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BDD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#49BDD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDD3

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDD3	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1e0',
    500: '#49bdd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdd3;
$custom-light: #8bd1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.565,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74188,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDD3

secondary

#D9A89F

accent

#5D44E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDD3

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

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