#49BBC5#49BBC5

#49BBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBC5
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -28.75, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 32.24, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0938 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.102 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5917, 40.9850, 59.1112)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBC5 #C55349

analogous

#49C591 #49BBC5 #497DC5

triadic

#49BBC5 #C549BB #BBC549

tetradic

#49BBC5 #9149C5 #C55349 #7DC549

square

#49BBC5 #9149C5 #C55349 #7DC549

split-complementary

#49BBC5 #C5497D #C59149

monochromatic

#246A70 #32969E #49BBC5 #77CCD4 #A6DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#49BBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBC5

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBC5	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d6',
    500: '#49bbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbc5;
$custom-light: #8ad0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73182,
    "c": 0.10215,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBC5

secondary

#D09E9A

accent

#584DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBC5

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

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