#49BCC5#49BCC5

#49BCC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.103 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCC5
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 197)
HSL	hsl(184, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -29.24, -14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 32.48, 205.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0949 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.103 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8046, 41.4108, 59.1821)
Luminance	0.4141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCC5 #C55249

analogous

#49C590 #49BCC5 #497EC5

triadic

#49BCC5 #C549BC #BCC549

tetradic

#49BCC5 #9049C5 #C55249 #7EC549

square

#49BCC5 #9049C5 #C55249 #7EC549

split-complementary

#49BCC5 #C5497E #C59049

monochromatic

#246A70 #32979E #49BCC5 #77CDD4 #A6DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BCC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#49BCC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCC5

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCC5	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)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.103 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d6',
    500: '#49bcc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcc5;
$custom-light: #8ad0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.355,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73422,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCC5

secondary

#D09E9A

accent

#574DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCC5

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

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