#49BCD0#49BCD0

#49BCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.105 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD0
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -26.01, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 32.58, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0903 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.106 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1113, 41.9335, 66.0639)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD0 #D05D49

analogous

#49D0A1 #49BCD0 #4978D0

triadic

#49BCD0 #D049BC #BCD049

tetradic

#49BCD0 #A149D0 #D05D49 #78D049

square

#49BCD0 #A149D0 #D05D49 #78D049

split-complementary

#49BCD0 #D04978 #D0A149

monochromatic

#21707E #2D9BAF #49BCD0 #7ACEDD #AAE0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#49BCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#49BCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD0

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD0	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.105 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0de',
    500: '#49bcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd0;
$custom-light: #8bd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73834,
    "c": 0.1055,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD0

secondary

#D7A69E

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →