#49B2C3#49B2C3

#49B2C3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.098 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B2C3
RGB	rgb(73, 178, 195)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -24.86, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 30.48, 215.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0852 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.098 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5143, 37.1944, 57.2957)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B2C3 #C35A49

analogous

#49C397 #49B2C3 #4975C3

triadic

#49B2C3 #C349B2 #B2C349

tetradic

#49B2C3 #9749C3 #C35A49 #75C349

square

#49B2C3 #9749C3 #C35A49 #75C349

split-complementary

#49B2C3 #C34975 #C39749

monochromatic

#24636E #338D9C #49B2C3 #77C5D2 #A5D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#49B2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#49B2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B2C3

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B2C3	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ACC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 178, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.098 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9d5',
    500: '#49b2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b2c3;
$custom-light: #89c9d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7095,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B2C3

secondary

#CEA199

accent

#614EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B2C3

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

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