#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
RGBrgb(73, 181, 200)
HSLhsl(189, 54%, 54%)
HSVhsv(189, 64%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(63.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(68.48, -24.89, -18.78)
CIE-LCHlch(68.48, 31.18, 217.04°)
OKLaboklab(71.86% -0.0863 -0.0521)
OKLCHoklch(71.86% 0.101 211.1)
XYZxyz(29.6925, 38.6312, 60.5241)
Luminance0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49B5C81.002.418.738.73
#FFFFFF2.411.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7321.001.001.00
##0000008.7321.001.001.00

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

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#49B5C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva