#49BDD4#49BDD4

#49BDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDD4
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 212)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -25.31, -21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 32.98, 219.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.23% -0.0898 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(74.23% 0.107 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8240, 42.5615, 68.7599)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDD4 #D46049

analogous

#49D4A5 #49BDD4 #4977D4

triadic

#49BDD4 #D449BD #BDD449

tetradic

#49BDD4 #A549D4 #D46049 #77D449

square

#49BDD4 #A549D4 #D46049 #77D449

split-complementary

#49BDD4 #D44977 #D4A549

monochromatic

#1F7384 #2B9EB5 #49BDD4 #7BCFE0 #ACE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#49BDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDD4

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDD4	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB7D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A8D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1e1',
    500: '#49bdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdd4;
$custom-light: #8cd1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.928,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74227,
    "c": 0.10729,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDD4

secondary

#D9A9A0

accent

#5E43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDD4

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

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