#49BCD1#49BCD1

#49BCD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD1
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 10%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -25.71, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 32.64, 218.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0899 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.106 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2347, 41.9828, 66.7139)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD1 #D15E49

analogous

#49D1A2 #49BCD1 #4978D1

triadic

#49BCD1 #D149BC #BCD149

tetradic

#49BCD1 #A249D1 #D15E49 #78D149

square

#49BCD1 #A249D1 #D15E49 #78D149

split-complementary

#49BCD1 #D14978 #D1A249

monochromatic

#20717F #2D9CB0 #49BCD1 #7ACEDD #ABE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BCD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#49BCD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD1

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD1	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0df',
    500: '#49bcd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd1;
$custom-light: #8bd0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.265,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73873,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD1

secondary

#D7A79E

accent

#5D45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD1

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

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