#49C9BD#49C9BD

#49C9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C9BD
RGBrgb(73, 201, 189)
HSLhsl(174, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(174, 64%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(63.7%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.10, -37.60, -4.37)
CIE-LCHlch(74.10, 37.85, 186.63°)
OKLaboklab(76.29% -0.1118 -0.0124)
OKLCHoklch(76.29% 0.112 186.3)
XYZxyz(32.8154, 46.8603, 55.4498)
Luminance0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C9BD #C94955
analogous
#49C97D #49C9BD #4995C9
triadic
#49C9BD #BD49C9 #C9BD49
tetradic
#49C9BD #7D49C9 #C94955 #95C949
square
#49C9BD #7D49C9 #C94955 #95C949
split-complementary
#49C9BD #C94995 #C97D49
monochromatic
#23756D #31A499 #49C9BD #78D7CE #A7E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02
#49C9BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37
#49C9BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9BD
10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C9BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C9BD1.002.0210.3710.37
#FFFFFF2.021.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3721.001.001.00
##00000010.3721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFBEBD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ACB0BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 186.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdad0',
    500: '#49c9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c9bd;
$custom-light: #8bdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76289,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C9BD
secondary
#D29CA1
accent
#4A58DE
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FBF9
border
#CBD4D2
text
#0D1514
muted
#7E8382

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#49C9BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva