#49CDB5#49CDB5

#49CDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDB5
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 181)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -41.48, 1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 41.51, 178.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.1195 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.12 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9155, 48.4117, 51.3168)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDB5 #CD4961

analogous

#49CD73 #49CDB5 #49A3CD

triadic

#49CDB5 #B549CD #CDB549

tetradic

#49CDB5 #7349CD #CD4961 #A3CD49

square

#49CDB5 #7349CD #CD4961 #A3CD49

split-complementary

#49CDB5 #CD49A3 #CD7349

monochromatic

#227A6A #2FAA94 #49CDB5 #79DAC9 #A9E7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49CDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#49CDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDB5

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDB5	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bddcb',
    500: '#49cdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cdb5;
$custom-light: #8bddcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDB5

secondary

#D59DA7

accent

#4863E0

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDB5

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

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