#49B5CA#49B5CA

#49B5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B5CA
RGB	rgb(73, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -24.29, -19.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 31.32, 219.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.0855 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.102 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9278, 38.7253, 61.7632)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B5CA #CA5E49

analogous

#49CA9F #49B5CA #4975CA

triadic

#49B5CA #CA49B5 #B5CA49

tetradic

#49B5CA #9F49CA #CA5E49 #75CA49

square

#49B5CA #9F49CA #CA5E49 #75CA49

split-complementary

#49B5CA #CA4975 #CA9F49

monochromatic

#226976 #3092A6 #49B5CA #78C8D8 #A8DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#49B5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#49B5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B5CA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B5CA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbda',
    500: '#49b5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b5ca;
$custom-light: #8acbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71938,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B5CA

secondary

#D3A59C

accent

#624ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B5CA

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

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