#49C5BD#49C5BD

#49C5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.109 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5BD
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -35.76, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 36.28, 189.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.1077 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.109 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8951, 45.0196, 55.1430)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5BD #C54951

analogous

#49C57F #49C5BD #498FC5

triadic

#49C5BD #BD49C5 #C5BD49

tetradic

#49C5BD #7F49C5 #C54951 #8FC549

square

#49C5BD #7F49C5 #C54951 #8FC549

split-complementary

#49C5BD #C5498F #C57F49

monochromatic

#24706B #329E97 #49C5BD #77D4CE #A6E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#49C5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#49C5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5BD

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5BD	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABBBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ADBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.109 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad7d0',
    500: '#49c5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5bd;
$custom-light: #8ad7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.129,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5BD

secondary

#D09A9E

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5BD

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

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