#49BCCC#49BCCC

#49BCCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCCC
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -27.19, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 32.41, 212.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.092 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.104 208)
XYZ	xyz(31.6254, 41.7391, 63.5048)
Luminance	0.4174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCCC #CC5949

analogous

#49CC9B #49BCCC #497BCC

triadic

#49BCCC #CC49BC #BCCC49

tetradic

#49BCCC #9B49CC #CC5949 #7BCC49

square

#49BCCC #9B49CC #CC5949 #7BCC49

split-complementary

#49BCCC #CC497B #CC9B49

monochromatic

#226E79 #2F9AA9 #49BCCC #79CED9 #A9DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#49BCCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#49BCCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCCC

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCCC	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0db',
    500: '#49bccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bccc;
$custom-light: #8bd0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.328,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73682,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.41743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCCC

secondary

#D4A39D

accent

#5B48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCCC

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

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