#49B8CC#49B8CC

#49B8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8CC
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -25.20, -19.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 31.82, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0878 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.103 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7827, 40.0538, 63.2239)
Luminance	0.4006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8CC #CC5D49

analogous

#49CC9E #49B8CC #4977CC

triadic

#49B8CC #CC49B8 #B8CC49

tetradic

#49B8CC #9E49CC #CC5D49 #77CC49

square

#49B8CC #9E49CC #CC5D49 #77CC49

split-complementary

#49B8CC #CC4977 #CC9E49

monochromatic

#226B79 #2F96A9 #49B8CC #79CBD9 #A9DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#49B8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8CC

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8CC	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddb',
    500: '#49b8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8cc;
$custom-light: #8acddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8CC

secondary

#D4A59D

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8CC

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

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