#49B8CA#49B8CA

#49B8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.102 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8CA
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -25.80, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 31.70, 215.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0886 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.102 210)
XYZ	xyz(30.5444, 39.9584, 61.9687)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8CA #CA5B49

analogous

#49CA9C #49B8CA #4978CA

triadic

#49B8CA #CA49B8 #B8CA49

tetradic

#49B8CA #9C49CA #CA5B49 #78CA49

square

#49B8CA #9C49CA #CA5B49 #78CA49

split-complementary

#49B8CA #CA4978 #CA9C49

monochromatic

#226A76 #3095A6 #49B8CA #78CAD8 #A8DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#49B8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#49B8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8CA

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8CA	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.102 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdda',
    500: '#49b8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8ca;
$custom-light: #8acdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.372,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72652,
    "c": 0.10233,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.39962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8CA

secondary

#D3A49C

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8CA

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

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