#49BBC2#49BBC2

#49BBC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBC2
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 194)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -29.61, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.38, 203.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0951 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.102 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2514, 40.8489, 57.3188)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBC2 #C25049

analogous

#49C28C #49BBC2 #497FC2

triadic

#49BBC2 #C249BB #BBC249

tetradic

#49BBC2 #8C49C2 #C25049 #7FC249

square

#49BBC2 #8C49C2 #C25049 #7FC249

split-complementary

#49BBC2 #C2497F #C28C49

monochromatic

#24686C #34949A #49BBC2 #77CCD1 #A5DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#49BBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#49BBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBC2

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBC2	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB3C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA5C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d4',
    500: '#49bbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbc2;
$custom-light: #8ad0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.471,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73074,
    "c": 0.10176,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBC2

secondary

#CE9C99

accent

#574ED9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBC2

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

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