#49BCCB#49BCCB

#49BCCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.104 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCCB
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 203)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 7.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -27.49, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 32.39, 211.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0924 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.104 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5058, 41.6913, 62.8751)
Luminance	0.4169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCCB #CB5849

analogous

#49CB99 #49BCCB #497BCB

triadic

#49BCCB #CB49BC #BCCB49

tetradic

#49BCCB #9949CB #CB5849 #7BCB49

square

#49BCCB #9949CB #CB5849 #7BCB49

split-complementary

#49BCCB #CB497B #CB9949

monochromatic

#226E77 #3099A7 #49BCCB #79CED9 #A8DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BCCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#49BCCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCCB

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCCB	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.104 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0da',
    500: '#49bccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bccb;
$custom-light: #8bd0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73644,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCCB

secondary

#D4A39C

accent

#5A49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCCB

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

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