#49B4C0#49B4C0

#49B4C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B4C0
RGB	rgb(73, 180, 192)
HSL	hsl(186, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 6.2%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, -26.75, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 30.78, 209.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.0885 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5793, 37.8617, 55.6608)
Luminance	0.3786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B4C0 #C05549

analogous

#49C090 #49B4C0 #4979C0

triadic

#49B4C0 #C049B4 #B4C049

tetradic

#49B4C0 #9049C0 #C05549 #79C049

square

#49B4C0 #9049C0 #C05549 #79C049

split-complementary

#49B4C0 #C04979 #C09049

monochromatic

#25636A #348D97 #49B4C0 #76C7D0 #A4D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#49B4C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#49B4C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B4C0

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B4C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B4C0	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)

#A6ADC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A0C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b4c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 180, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad3',
    500: '#49b4c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b4c0;
$custom-light: #89cad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b4c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.05,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71317,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B4C0

secondary

#CC9E98

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B4C0

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

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