#49BCD2#49BCD2

#49BCD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCD2
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 210)
HSL	hsl(190, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -25.41, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 32.71, 219.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0895 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.106 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3589, 42.0325, 67.3680)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCD2 #D25F49

analogous

#49D2A3 #49BCD2 #4977D2

triadic

#49BCD2 #D249BC #BCD249

tetradic

#49BCD2 #A349D2 #D25F49 #77D249

square

#49BCD2 #A349D2 #D25F49 #77D249

split-complementary

#49BCD2 #D24977 #D2A349

monochromatic

#207181 #2C9CB2 #49BCD2 #7ACEDE #ABE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#49BCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCD2

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCD2	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0df',
    500: '#49bcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcd2;
$custom-light: #8bd0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73912,
    "c": 0.10628,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCD2

secondary

#D8A89F

accent

#5E44E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCD2

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

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