#49BDC8#49BDC8

#49BDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDC8
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -28.86, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 32.61, 207.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.0946 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.104 204)
XYZ	xyz(31.3661, 41.9784, 61.0820)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDC8 #C85449

analogous

#49C893 #49BDC8 #497DC8

triadic

#49BDC8 #C849BD #BDC849

tetradic

#49BDC8 #9349C8 #C85449 #7DC849

square

#49BDC8 #9349C8 #C85449 #7DC849

split-complementary

#49BDC8 #C8497D #C89349

monochromatic

#236D74 #3199A3 #49BDC8 #78CED6 #A7DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#49BDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDC8

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDC8	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)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA7C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d8',
    500: '#49bdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdc8;
$custom-light: #8ad1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.197,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73772,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.41982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDC8

secondary

#D2A09B

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDC8

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

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