#49BAC9#49BAC9

#49BAC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAC9
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -27.09, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 32.00, 212.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.0911 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.103 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8447, 40.7480, 61.4866)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAC9 #C95849

analogous

#49C998 #49BAC9 #497AC9

triadic

#49BAC9 #C949BA #BAC949

tetradic

#49BAC9 #9849C9 #C95849 #7AC949

square

#49BAC9 #9849C9 #C95849 #7AC949

split-complementary

#49BAC9 #C9497A #C99849

monochromatic

#236B75 #3197A4 #49BAC9 #78CCD7 #A7DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#49BAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#49BAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAC9

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAC9	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd9',
    500: '#49bac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bac9;
$custom-light: #8acfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.031,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73091,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAC9

secondary

#D2A29C

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAC9

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

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