#49BACD#49BACD

#49BACD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.104 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BACD
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -25.90, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 32.14, 216.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0895 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.104 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3214, 40.9387, 63.9970)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BACD #CD5C49

analogous

#49CD9E #49BACD #4978CD

triadic

#49BACD #CD49BA #BACD49

tetradic

#49BACD #9E49CD #CD5C49 #78CD49

square

#49BACD #9E49CD #CD5C49 #78CD49

split-complementary

#49BACD #CD4978 #CD9E49

monochromatic

#226D7A #2F98AA #49BACD #79CCDA #A9DEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#49BACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BACD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BACD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BACD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.104 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdc',
    500: '#49bacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bacd;
$custom-light: #8bcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.10392,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BACD

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BACD

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

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