#49B9C8#49B9C8

#49B9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9C8
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -26.89, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 31.80, 212.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0905 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.102 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5175, 40.2812, 60.7991)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9C8 #C85849

analogous

#49C897 #49B9C8 #4979C8

triadic

#49B9C8 #C849B9 #B9C849

tetradic

#49B9C8 #9749C8 #C85849 #79C849

square

#49B9C8 #9749C8 #C85849 #79C849

split-complementary

#49B9C8 #C84979 #C89749

monochromatic

#236A74 #3195A3 #49B9C8 #78CBD6 #A7DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49B9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#49B9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9C8

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9C8	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced8',
    500: '#49b9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9c8;
$custom-light: #8aced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.087,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9C8

secondary

#D2A29B

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9C8

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

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