#49BACC#49BACC

#49BACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.104 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BACC
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -26.20, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 32.09, 215.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0899 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.104 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2011, 40.8905, 63.3633)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BACC #CC5B49

analogous

#49CC9C #49BACC #4979CC

triadic

#49BACC #CC49BA #BACC49

tetradic

#49BACC #9C49CC #CC5B49 #79CC49

square

#49BACC #9C49CC #CC5B49 #79CC49

split-complementary

#49BACC #CC4979 #CC9C49

monochromatic

#226D79 #2F98A9 #49BACC #79CCD9 #A9DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#49BACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BACC

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BACC	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.104 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdb',
    500: '#49bacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bacc;
$custom-light: #8bcfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.244,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73205,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BACC

secondary

#D4A49D

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BACC

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

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