#49B9CA#49B9CA

#49B9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9CA
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -26.30, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 31.86, 214.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0897 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.103 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7528, 40.3753, 62.0382)
Luminance	0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9CA #CA5A49

analogous

#49CA9B #49B9CA #4979CA

triadic

#49B9CA #CA49B9 #B9CA49

tetradic

#49B9CA #9B49CA #CA5A49 #79CA49

square

#49B9CA #9B49CA #CA5A49 #79CA49

split-complementary

#49B9CA #CA4979 #CA9B49

monochromatic

#226B76 #3096A6 #49B9CA #78CBD8 #A8DDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#49B9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9CA

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9CA	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aceda',
    500: '#49b9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9ca;
$custom-light: #8aceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.907,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9CA

secondary

#D3A39C

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9CA

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

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