#49BBCE#49BBCE

#49BBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.105 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBCE
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -26.10, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 32.33, 216.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0901 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.105 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6539, 41.4099, 64.7053)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBCE #CE5C49

analogous

#49CE9E #49BBCE #4979CE

triadic

#49BBCE #CE49BB #BBCE49

tetradic

#49BBCE #9E49CE #CE5C49 #79CE49

square

#49BBCE #9E49CE #CE5C49 #79CE49

split-complementary

#49BBCE #CE4979 #CE9E49

monochromatic

#216F7B #2E9AAC #49BBCE #79CDDB #A9DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#49BBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBCE

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBCE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.105 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfdd',
    500: '#49bbce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbce;
$custom-light: #8bcfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7352,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBCE

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5D47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBCE

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

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