#49B9CF#49B9CF

#49B9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49B9CF
RGBrgb(73, 185, 207)
HSLhsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSVhsv(190, 65%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(64.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.91, -24.80, -20.47)
CIE-LCHlch(69.91, 32.16, 219.53°)
OKLaboklab(73.08% -0.0877 -0.0569)
OKLCHoklch(73.08% 0.104 213)
XYZxyz(31.3544, 40.6160, 65.2066)
Luminance0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49B9CF #CF5F49
analogous
#49CFA2 #49B9CF #4976CF
triadic
#49B9CF #CF49B9 #B9CF49
tetradic
#49B9CF #A249CF #CF5F49 #76CF49
square
#49B9CF #A249CF #CF5F49 #76CF49
split-complementary
#49B9CF #CF4976 #CFA249
monochromatic
#216E7D #2E98AD #49B9CF #79CCDC #AADEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30
#49B9CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12
#49B9CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9CF
9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49B9CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49B9CF1.002.309.129.12
#FFFFFF2.301.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1221.001.001.00
##0000009.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B3D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#95A5CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49b9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 213.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedd',
    500: '#49b9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49b9cf;
$custom-light: #8bcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49b9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.851,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73084,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.40619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49B9CF
secondary
#D6A79E
accent
#6046E1
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F1F9FB
border
#CBD2D4
text
#0D1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9CF

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#49B9CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva