#49B7C8#49B7C8

#49B7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.101 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7C8
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -25.89, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 31.47, 214.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0884 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.101 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1021, 39.4503, 60.6606)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7C8 #C85A49

analogous

#49C899 #49B7C8 #4978C8

triadic

#49B7C8 #C849B7 #B7C849

tetradic

#49B7C8 #9949C8 #C85A49 #78C849

square

#49B7C8 #9949C8 #C85A49 #78C849

split-complementary

#49B7C8 #C84978 #C89949

monochromatic

#236974 #3193A3 #49B7C8 #78CAD6 #A7DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#49B7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#49B7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7C8

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7C8	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A3C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.101 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd8',
    500: '#49b7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7c8;
$custom-light: #8acdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.031,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7C8

secondary

#D2A29B

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7C8

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

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