#49B7CB#49B7CB

#49B7CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B7CB
RGB	rgb(73, 183, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -25.00, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 31.63, 217.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.0872 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.102 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4561, 39.5920, 62.5253)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B7CB #CB5D49

analogous

#49CB9E #49B7CB #4976CB

triadic

#49B7CB #CB49B7 #B7CB49

tetradic

#49B7CB #9E49CB #CB5D49 #76CB49

square

#49B7CB #9E49CB #CB5D49 #76CB49

split-complementary

#49B7CB #CB4976 #CB9E49

monochromatic

#226A77 #3095A7 #49B7CB #79CAD9 #A8DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49B7CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#49B7CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B7CB

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B7CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B7CB	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b7cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 183, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdda',
    500: '#49b7cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b7cb;
$custom-light: #8acdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b7cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72453,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B7CB

secondary

#D4A59C

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B7CB

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

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