#49C8BD#49C8BD

#49C8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8BD
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 189)
HSL	hsl(175, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 5.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -37.14, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 37.45, 187.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.1108 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.112 187)
XYZ	xyz(32.5831, 46.3956, 55.3723)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8BD #C84954

analogous

#49C87D #49C8BD #4993C8

triadic

#49C8BD #BD49C8 #C8BD49

tetradic

#49C8BD #7D49C8 #C84954 #93C849

square

#49C8BD #7D49C8 #C84954 #93C849

split-complementary

#49C8BD #C84993 #C87D49

monochromatic

#23746D #31A399 #49C8BD #78D6CE #A7E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#49C8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#49C8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8BD

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8BD	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABAFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9d0',
    500: '#49c8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8bd;
$custom-light: #8bd9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.803,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76046,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.46399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8BD

secondary

#D29BA0

accent

#4B57DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8BD

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

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