#49BED0#49BED0

#49BED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.106 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BED0
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 208)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -27.00, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 32.86, 214.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0924 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.106 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5415, 42.7939, 66.2073)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BED0 #D05B49

analogous

#49D09E #49BED0 #497AD0

triadic

#49BED0 #D049BE #BED049

tetradic

#49BED0 #9E49D0 #D05B49 #7AD049

square

#49BED0 #9E49D0 #D05B49 #7AD049

split-complementary

#49BED0 #D0497A #D09E49

monochromatic

#21727E #2D9DAF #49BED0 #7ACFDD #AAE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#49BED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BED0

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BED0	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.106 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2de',
    500: '#49bed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bed0;
$custom-light: #8bd2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74309,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BED0

secondary

#D7A69E

accent

#5B46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BED0

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

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