#49B6CA#49B6CA

#49B6CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6CA
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -24.79, -19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 31.44, 217.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0866 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.102 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1318, 39.1334, 61.8312)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6CA #CA5D49

analogous

#49CA9E #49B6CA #4976CA

triadic

#49B6CA #CA49B6 #B6CA49

tetradic

#49B6CA #9E49CA #CA5D49 #76CA49

square

#49B6CA #9E49CA #CA5D49 #76CA49

split-complementary

#49B6CA #CA4976 #CA9E49

monochromatic

#226976 #3093A6 #49B6CA #78C9D8 #A8DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#49B6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6CA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6CA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accda',
    500: '#49b6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6ca;
$custom-light: #8accda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72176,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6CA

secondary

#D3A49C

accent

#614ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6CA

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

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