#49B5C8#49B5C8

#49B5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5C8
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, -24.89, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 31.18, 217.04°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0863 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.101 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6925, 38.6312, 60.5241)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5C8 #C85C49

analogous

#49C89B #49B5C8 #4975C8

triadic

#49B5C8 #C849B5 #B5C849

tetradic

#49B5C8 #9B49C8 #C85C49 #75C849

square

#49B5C8 #9B49C8 #C85C49 #75C849

split-complementary

#49B5C8 #C84975 #C89B49

monochromatic

#236874 #3192A3 #49B5C8 #78C8D6 #A7DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#49B5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#49B5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5C8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5C8	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd8',
    500: '#49b5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5c8;
$custom-light: #8acbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7186,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5C8

secondary

#D2A39B

accent

#614BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5C8

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

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