#49BCCE#49BCCE

#49BCCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCCE
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 8.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -26.60, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 32.48, 215.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0911 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.105 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8668, 41.8357, 64.7762)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCCE #CE5B49

analogous

#49CE9D #49BCCE #497ACE

triadic

#49BCCE #CE49BC #BCCE49

tetradic

#49BCCE #9D49CE #CE5B49 #7ACE49

square

#49BCCE #9D49CE #CE5B49 #7ACE49

split-complementary

#49BCCE #CE497A #CE9D49

monochromatic

#216F7B #2E9BAC #49BCCE #79CEDB #A9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BCCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#49BCCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCCE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCCE	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0dd',
    500: '#49bcce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcce;
$custom-light: #8bd0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCCE

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5C47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCCE

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

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