#49BFD4#49BFD4

#49BFD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFD4
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 212)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -26.31, -20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 33.20, 217.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0918 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.108 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2571, 43.4279, 68.9043)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFD4 #D45E49

analogous

#49D4A3 #49BFD4 #4979D4

triadic

#49BFD4 #D449BF #BFD449

tetradic

#49BFD4 #A349D4 #D45E49 #79D449

square

#49BFD4 #A349D4 #D45E49 #79D449

split-complementary

#49BFD4 #D44979 #D4A349

monochromatic

#1F7484 #2BA0B5 #49BFD4 #7BD0E0 #ACE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49BFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#49BFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFD4

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFD4	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e1',
    500: '#49bfd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfd4;
$custom-light: #8cd2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.065,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.747,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFD4

secondary

#D9A8A0

accent

#5B43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFD4

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

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