#49BBC8#49BBC8

#49BBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBC8
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.26, -27.87, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.26, 32.19, 210.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.0926 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.103 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9389, 41.1239, 60.9396)
Luminance	0.4113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBC8 #C85649

analogous

#49C895 #49BBC8 #497BC8

triadic

#49BBC8 #C849BB #BBC849

tetradic

#49BBC8 #9549C8 #C85649 #7BC849

square

#49BBC8 #9549C8 #C85649 #7BC849

split-complementary

#49BBC8 #C8497B #C89549

monochromatic

#236B74 #3197A3 #49BBC8 #78CDD6 #A7DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#49BBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#49BBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBC8

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBC8	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd8',
    500: '#49bbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbc8;
$custom-light: #8acfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73293,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBC8

secondary

#D2A19B

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBC8

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

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