#49B5C7#49B5C7

#49B5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5C7
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -25.18, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 31.12, 215.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0867 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.1 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5760, 38.5846, 59.9106)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5C7 #C75B49

analogous

#49C79A #49B5C7 #4976C7

triadic

#49B5C7 #C749B5 #B5C749

tetradic

#49B5C7 #9A49C7 #C75B49 #76C749

square

#49B5C7 #9A49C7 #C75B49 #76C749

split-complementary

#49B5C7 #C74976 #C79A49

monochromatic

#236772 #3291A1 #49B5C7 #78C8D5 #A7DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#49B5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5C7

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5C7	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd8',
    500: '#49b5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5c7;
$custom-light: #8acbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.10048,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5C7

secondary

#D1A39B

accent

#604BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5C7

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

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