#49B9CC#49B9CC

#49B9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9CC
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -25.70, -18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 31.95, 216.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0889 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.103 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9911, 40.4707, 63.2934)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9CC #CC5C49

analogous

#49CC9D #49B9CC #4978CC

triadic

#49B9CC #CC49B9 #B9CC49

tetradic

#49B9CC #9D49CC #CC5C49 #78CC49

square

#49B9CC #9D49CC #CC5C49 #78CC49

split-complementary

#49B9CC #CC4978 #CC9D49

monochromatic

#226C79 #2F97A9 #49B9CC #79CBD9 #A9DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#49B9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9CC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9CC	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)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acedb',
    500: '#49b9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9cc;
$custom-light: #8acedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.702,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72967,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9CC

secondary

#D4A59D

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9CC

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

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