#49B9CD#49B9CD

#49B9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9CD
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -25.40, -19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 32.01, 217.47°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0885 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.104 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1115, 40.5188, 63.9271)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9CD #CD5D49

analogous

#49CD9F #49B9CD #4977CD

triadic

#49B9CD #CD49B9 #B9CD49

tetradic

#49B9CD #9F49CD #CD5D49 #77CD49

square

#49B9CD #9F49CD #CD5D49 #77CD49

split-complementary

#49B9CD #CD4977 #CD9F49

monochromatic

#226D7A #2F97AA #49B9CD #79CBDA #A9DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49B9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#49B9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9CD

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9CD	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedc',
    500: '#49b9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9cd;
$custom-light: #8bcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73006,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9CD

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9CD

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

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