#49BCCD#49BCCD

#49BCCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.104 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCCD
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -26.90, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 32.44, 213.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0916 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.104 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7457, 41.7872, 64.1385)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCCD #CD5A49

analogous

#49CD9C #49BCCD #497ACD

triadic

#49BCCD #CD49BC #BCCD49

tetradic

#49BCCD #9C49CD #CD5A49 #7ACD49

square

#49BCCD #9C49CD #CD5A49 #7ACD49

split-complementary

#49BCCD #CD497A #CD9C49

monochromatic

#226F7A #2F9AAA #49BCCD #79CEDA #A9DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BCCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#49BCCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCCD

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCCD	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bccd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.104 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0dc',
    500: '#49bccd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bccd;
$custom-light: #8bd0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bccd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7372,
    "c": 0.10446,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCCD

secondary

#D5A49D

accent

#5B48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCCD

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

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