#49B9CB#49B9CB

#49B9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9CB
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -26.00, -18.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 31.90, 215.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0893 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.103 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8716, 40.4229, 62.6637)
Luminance	0.4043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9CB #CB5B49

analogous

#49CB9C #49B9CB #4978CB

triadic

#49B9CB #CB49B9 #B9CB49

tetradic

#49B9CB #9C49CB #CB5B49 #78CB49

square

#49B9CB #9C49CB #CB5B49 #78CB49

split-complementary

#49B9CB #CB4978 #CB9C49

monochromatic

#226C77 #3097A7 #49B9CB #79CBD9 #A8DEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#49B9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9CB

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9CB	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aceda',
    500: '#49b9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9cb;
$custom-light: #8aceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9CB

secondary

#D4A49C

accent

#5E49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9CB

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

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