#49BBCD#49BBCD

#49BBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBCD
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -26.40, -18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 32.28, 215.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0905 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.104 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5328, 41.3615, 64.0675)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBCD #CD5B49

analogous

#49CD9D #49BBCD #4979CD

triadic

#49BBCD #CD49BB #BBCD49

tetradic

#49BBCD #9D49CD #CD5B49 #79CD49

square

#49BBCD #9D49CD #CD5B49 #79CD49

split-complementary

#49BBCD #CD4979 #CD9D49

monochromatic

#226E7A #2F99AA #49BBCD #79CDDA #A9DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#49BBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBCD

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBCD	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdc',
    500: '#49bbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbcd;
$custom-light: #8bcfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73482,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBCD

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5C48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBCD

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

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