#49BDCA#49BDCA

#49BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.104 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDCA
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -28.27, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 32.58, 209.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0938 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.104 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6014, 42.0725, 62.3210)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDCA #CA5649

analogous

#49CA97 #49BDCA #497DCA

triadic

#49BDCA #CA49BD #BDCA49

tetradic

#49BDCA #9749CA #CA5649 #7DCA49

square

#49BDCA #9749CA #CA5649 #7DCA49

split-complementary

#49BDCA #CA497D #CA9749

monochromatic

#226E76 #309AA6 #49BDCA #78CED8 #A8DFE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#49BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDCA

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDCA	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.104 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1da',
    500: '#49bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdca;
$custom-light: #8bd1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.047,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDCA

secondary

#D3A19C

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDCA

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

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