#49BCC7#49BCC7

#49BCC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCC7
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 199)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -28.66, -15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 32.41, 207.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.094 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.103 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0353, 41.5031, 60.3970)
Luminance	0.4151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCC7 #C75449

analogous

#49C793 #49BCC7 #497DC7

triadic

#49BCC7 #C749BC #BCC749

tetradic

#49BCC7 #9349C7 #C75449 #7DC749

square

#49BCC7 #9349C7 #C75449 #7DC749

split-complementary

#49BCC7 #C7497D #C79349

monochromatic

#236B72 #3297A1 #49BCC7 #78CDD5 #A7DEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BCC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#49BCC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCC7

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCC7	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)

#AEB5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d8',
    500: '#49bcc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcc7;
$custom-light: #8ad0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73495,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCC7

secondary

#D1A09B

accent

#584BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCC7

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

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