#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
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -37.60, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 37.85, 186.63°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1118 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.112 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8154, 46.8603, 55.4498)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49C9BD	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9BD

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

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