#49BBCC#49BBCC

#49BBCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.104 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBCC
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 204)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -26.70, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 32.25, 214.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0909 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.104 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4125, 41.3133, 63.4338)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBCC #CC5A49

analogous

#49CC9B #49BBCC #497ACC

triadic

#49BBCC #CC49BB #BBCC49

tetradic

#49BBCC #9B49CC #CC5A49 #7ACC49

square

#49BBCC #9B49CC #CC5A49 #7ACC49

split-complementary

#49BBCC #CC497A #CC9B49

monochromatic

#226D79 #2F99A9 #49BBCC #79CDD9 #A9DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49BBCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#49BBCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBCC

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBCC	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.104 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdb',
    500: '#49bbcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbcc;
$custom-light: #8bcfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73443,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBCC

secondary

#D4A49D

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBCC

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

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