#49BBC9#49BBC9

#49BBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBC9
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -27.58, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 32.19, 211.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0921 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.103 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0561, 41.1708, 61.5571)
Luminance	0.4117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBC9 #C95749

analogous

#49C997 #49BBC9 #497BC9

triadic

#49BBC9 #C949BB #BBC949

tetradic

#49BBC9 #9749C9 #C95749 #7BC949

square

#49BBC9 #9749C9 #C95749 #7BC949

split-complementary

#49BBC9 #C9497B #C99749

monochromatic

#236C75 #3197A4 #49BBC9 #78CDD7 #A7DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49BBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#49BBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBC9

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBC9	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#ACB4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfd9',
    500: '#49bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbc9;
$custom-light: #8acfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7333,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBC9

secondary

#D2A29C

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBC9

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

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