#49C0BD#49C0BD

#49C0BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0BD
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 189)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 0%, 1.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -33.41, -8.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 34.44, 194.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1024 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.105 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7785, 42.7866, 54.7708)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0BD #C0494C

analogous

#49C081 #49C0BD #4988C0

triadic

#49C0BD #BD49C0 #C0BD49

tetradic

#49C0BD #8149C0 #C0494C #88C049

square

#49C0BD #8149C0 #C0494C #88C049

split-complementary

#49C0BD #C04988 #C08149

monochromatic

#256A68 #349795 #49C0BD #76D0CD #A4DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49C0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#49C0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0BD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0BD	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)

#B5B7BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3d0',
    500: '#49c0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0bd;
$custom-light: #8ad3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74107,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0BD

secondary

#CC989A

accent

#5053D8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0BD

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

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