#49BED5#49BED5

#49BED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.108 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BED5
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 213)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -25.51, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 33.16, 219.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0904 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.108 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1663, 43.0438, 69.4982)
Luminance	0.4305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BED5 #D56049

analogous

#49D5A6 #49BED5 #4978D5

triadic

#49BED5 #D549BE #BED549

tetradic

#49BED5 #A649D5 #D56049 #78D549

square

#49BED5 #A649D5 #D56049 #78D549

split-complementary

#49BED5 #D54978 #D5A649

monochromatic

#1F7485 #2AA0B7 #49BED5 #7BD0E0 #ACE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#49BED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BED5

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BED5	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB8D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bed5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.108 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e2',
    500: '#49bed5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bed5;
$custom-light: #8cd2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bed5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.10788,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BED5

secondary

#DAA9A0

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BED5

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

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