#49BAC8#49BAC8

#49BAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAC8
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 7%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -27.38, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 31.99, 211.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.05% -0.0915 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(73.05% 0.102 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7275, 40.7011, 60.8691)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAC8 #C85749

analogous

#49C896 #49BAC8 #497AC8

triadic

#49BAC8 #C849BA #BAC849

tetradic

#49BAC8 #9649C8 #C85749 #7AC849

square

#49BAC8 #9649C8 #C85749 #7AC849

split-complementary

#49BAC8 #C8497A #C89649

monochromatic

#236B74 #3196A3 #49BAC8 #78CCD6 #A7DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49BAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#49BAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAC8

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAC8	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd8',
    500: '#49bac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bac8;
$custom-light: #8acfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.614,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73054,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAC8

secondary

#D2A19B

accent

#5B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAC8

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

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