#49B6CB#49B6CB

#49B6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6CB
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -24.49, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 31.51, 218.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0862 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.102 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2506, 39.1809, 62.4568)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6CB #CB5E49

analogous

#49CB9F #49B6CB #4975CB

triadic

#49B6CB #CB49B6 #B6CB49

tetradic

#49B6CB #9F49CB #CB5E49 #75CB49

square

#49B6CB #9F49CB #CB5E49 #75CB49

split-complementary

#49B6CB #CB4975 #CB9F49

monochromatic

#226A77 #3094A7 #49B6CB #79C9D9 #A8DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#49B6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6CB

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6CB	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accda',
    500: '#49b6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6cb;
$custom-light: #8accda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6CB

secondary

#D4A59C

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6CB

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

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