#49B8CE#49B8CE

#49B8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B8CE
RGB	rgb(73, 184, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -24.60, -20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 31.97, 219.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.087 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.104 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0241, 40.1503, 64.4953)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B8CE #CE5F49

analogous

#49CEA2 #49B8CE #4975CE

triadic

#49B8CE #CE49B8 #B8CE49

tetradic

#49B8CE #A249CE #CE5F49 #75CE49

square

#49B8CE #A249CE #CE5F49 #75CE49

split-complementary

#49B8CE #CE4975 #CEA249

monochromatic

#216C7B #2E97AC #49B8CE #79CBDB #A9DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#49B8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#49B8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B8CE

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B8CE	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 184, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddd',
    500: '#49b8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b8ce;
$custom-light: #8bcddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.925,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B8CE

secondary

#D5A79D

accent

#6047E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B8CE

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

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