#49BFD5#49BFD5

#49BFD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.108 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFD5
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 213)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -26.01, -20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 33.27, 218.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0914 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.108 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3837, 43.4785, 69.5707)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFD5 #D55F49

analogous

#49D5A5 #49BFD5 #4979D5

triadic

#49BFD5 #D549BF #BFD549

tetradic

#49BFD5 #A549D5 #D55F49 #79D549

square

#49BFD5 #A549D5 #D55F49 #79D549

split-complementary

#49BFD5 #D54979 #D5A549

monochromatic

#1F7585 #2AA1B7 #49BFD5 #7BD0E0 #ACE2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49BFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#49BFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFD5

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFD5	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AAAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.108 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2e2',
    500: '#49bfd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfd5;
$custom-light: #8cd2e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74739,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFD5

secondary

#DAA9A0

accent

#5C42E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFD5

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

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