#49BBD0#49BBD0

#49BBD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BBD0
RGB	rgb(73, 187, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -25.51, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 32.45, 218.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0893 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.105 212)
XYZ	xyz(31.8984, 41.5077, 65.9930)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BBD0 #D05E49

analogous

#49D0A1 #49BBD0 #4978D0

triadic

#49BBD0 #D049BB #BBD049

tetradic

#49BBD0 #A149D0 #D05E49 #78D049

square

#49BBD0 #A149D0 #D05E49 #78D049

split-complementary

#49BBD0 #D04978 #D0A149

monochromatic

#21707E #2D9BAF #49BBD0 #7ACDDD #AADFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BBD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49BBD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BBD0

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BBD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BBD0	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bbd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 187, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfde',
    500: '#49bbd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bbd0;
$custom-light: #8bcfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bbd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73597,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.41511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BBD0

secondary

#D7A79E

accent

#5E46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BBD0

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

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