#49BCC1#49BCC1

#49BCC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.102 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCC1
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 193)
HSL	hsl(183, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -30.38, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 32.72, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0965 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.102 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3524, 41.2299, 56.8003)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCC1 #C14E49

analogous

#49C18A #49BCC1 #4980C1

triadic

#49BCC1 #C149BC #BCC149

tetradic

#49BCC1 #8A49C1 #C14E49 #80C149

square

#49BCC1 #8A49C1 #C14E49 #80C149

split-complementary

#49BCC1 #C14980 #C18A49

monochromatic

#24686B #349599 #49BCC1 #77CDD1 #A4DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#49BCC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#49BCC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCC1

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCC1	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.102 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d3',
    500: '#49bcc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcc1;
$custom-light: #8ad0d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73279,
    "c": 0.10224,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCC1

secondary

#CD9B99

accent

#554FD9

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCC1

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

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