#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
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 207)
HSL	hsl(190, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -24.80, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 32.16, 219.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0877 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.104 213)
XYZ	xyz(31.3544, 40.6160, 65.2066)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49B9CF	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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