#49ACBC#49ACBC

#49ACBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.094 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACBC
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -23.90, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 29.23, 215.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0817 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.094 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5735, 34.5496, 52.8355)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACBC #BC5949

analogous

#49BC92 #49ACBC #4972BC

triadic

#49ACBC #BC49AC #ACBC49

tetradic

#49ACBC #9249BC #BC5949 #72BC49

square

#49ACBC #9249BC #BC5949 #72BC49

split-complementary

#49ACBC #BC4972 #BC9249

monochromatic

#255C65 #368592 #49ACBC #76C0CC #A2D5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#49ACBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#49ACBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACBC

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACBC	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D99BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.094 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d0',
    500: '#49acbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acbc;
$custom-light: #88c5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.348,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69242,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACBC

secondary

#CA9E97

accent

#6452D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACBC

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

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