#49B3C8#49B3C8

#49B3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.100 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B3C8
RGB	rgb(73, 179, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -23.88, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 30.94, 219.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0842 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.1 213)
XYZ	xyz(29.2888, 37.8237, 60.3895)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B3C8 #C85E49

analogous

#49C89D #49B3C8 #4973C8

triadic

#49B3C8 #C849B3 #B3C849

tetradic

#49B3C8 #9D49C8 #C85E49 #73C849

square

#49B3C8 #9D49C8 #C85E49 #73C849

split-complementary

#49B3C8 #C84973 #C89D49

monochromatic

#236674 #3190A3 #49B3C8 #78C7D6 #A7DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#49B3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B3C8

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B3C8	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3ADC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A0C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 179, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.100 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acad8',
    500: '#49b3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b3c8;
$custom-light: #8acad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71383,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.37827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B3C8

secondary

#D2A49B

accent

#634BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B3C8

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

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