#49B8CB#49B8CB

#49B8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8CB
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -25.50, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 31.76, 216.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0882 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.103 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6631, 40.0059, 62.5943)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8CB #CB5C49

analogous

#49CB9D #49B8CB #4977CB

triadic

#49B8CB #CB49B8 #B8CB49

tetradic

#49B8CB #9D49CB #CB5C49 #77CB49

square

#49B8CB #9D49CB #CB5C49 #77CB49

split-complementary

#49B8CB #CB4977 #CB9D49

monochromatic

#226B77 #3096A7 #49B8CB #79CBD9 #A8DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#49B8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8CB

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8CB	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdda',
    500: '#49b8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8cb;
$custom-light: #8acdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72691,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8CB

secondary

#D4A49C

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8CB

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

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