#49BCC8#49BCC8

#49BCC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCC8
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 6%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -28.37, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 32.39, 208.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.0936 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.103 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1518, 41.5497, 61.0105)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCC8 #C85549

analogous

#49C894 #49BCC8 #497CC8

triadic

#49BCC8 #C849BC #BCC849

tetradic

#49BCC8 #9449C8 #C85549 #7CC849

square

#49BCC8 #9449C8 #C85549 #7CC849

split-complementary

#49BCC8 #C8497C #C89449

monochromatic

#236C74 #3198A3 #49BCC8 #78CDD6 #A7DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#49BCC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#49BCC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCC8

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCC8	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d8',
    500: '#49bcc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcc8;
$custom-light: #8ad0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73532,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCC8

secondary

#D2A09B

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCC8

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

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