#49BCC0#49BCC0

#49BCC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCC0
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 192)
HSL	hsl(182, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 2.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -30.66, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 32.80, 200.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.097 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.102 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2412, 41.1854, 56.2148)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCC0 #C04D49

analogous

#49C089 #49BCC0 #4981C0

triadic

#49BCC0 #C049BC #BCC049

tetradic

#49BCC0 #8949C0 #C04D49 #81C049

square

#49BCC0 #8949C0 #C04D49 #81C049

split-complementary

#49BCC0 #C04981 #C08949

monochromatic

#25686A #349497 #49BCC0 #76CDD0 #A4DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49BCC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#49BCC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCC0

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCC0	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d3',
    500: '#49bcc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcc0;
$custom-light: #8ad0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.017,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73243,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCC0

secondary

#CC9A98

accent

#5450D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCC0

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

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