#49BCC9#49BCC9

#49BCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.103 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCC9
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -28.07, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 32.38, 209.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0932 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.103 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2690, 41.5966, 61.6280)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCC9 #C95649

analogous

#49C996 #49BCC9 #497CC9

triadic

#49BCC9 #C949BC #BCC949

tetradic

#49BCC9 #9649C9 #C95649 #7CC949

square

#49BCC9 #9649C9 #C95649 #7CC949

split-complementary

#49BCC9 #C9497C #C99649

monochromatic

#236D75 #3198A4 #49BCC9 #78CDD7 #A7DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#49BCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCC9

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCC9	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.103 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d9',
    500: '#49bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcc9;
$custom-light: #8ad0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.10338,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCC9

secondary

#D2A19C

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCC9

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

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