#49B9CE#49B9CE

#49B9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9CE
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -25.10, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 32.08, 218.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0881 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.104 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2326, 40.5672, 64.5648)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9CE #CE5E49

analogous

#49CEA1 #49B9CE #4976CE

triadic

#49B9CE #CE49B9 #B9CE49

tetradic

#49B9CE #A149CE #CE5E49 #76CE49

square

#49B9CE #A149CE #CE5E49 #76CE49

split-complementary

#49B9CE #CE4976 #CEA149

monochromatic

#216D7B #2E98AC #49B9CE #79CCDB #A9DEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49B9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#49B9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9CE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9CE	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedd',
    500: '#49b9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9ce;
$custom-light: #8bcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73045,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9CE

secondary

#D5A69D

accent

#5F47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9CE

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

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