#49B8CD#49B8CD

#49B8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8CD
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -24.90, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 31.89, 218.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0874 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.103 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9030, 40.1019, 63.8576)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8CD #CD5E49

analogous

#49CDA0 #49B8CD #4976CD

triadic

#49B8CD #CD49B8 #B8CD49

tetradic

#49B8CD #A049CD #CD5E49 #76CD49

square

#49B8CD #A049CD #CD5E49 #76CD49

split-complementary

#49B8CD #CD4976 #CDA049

monochromatic

#226C7A #2F96AA #49B8CD #79CBDA #A9DDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#49B8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8CD

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8CD	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acddc',
    500: '#49b8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8cd;
$custom-light: #8acddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72768,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8CD

secondary

#D5A69D

accent

#6048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8CD

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

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