#49BDCC#49BDCC

#49BDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDCC
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 204)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -27.69, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 32.59, 211.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.093 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.105 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8397, 42.1678, 63.5762)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDCC #CC5849

analogous

#49CC9A #49BDCC #497CCC

triadic

#49BDCC #CC49BD #BDCC49

tetradic

#49BDCC #9A49CC #CC5849 #7CCC49

square

#49BDCC #9A49CC #CC5849 #7CCC49

split-complementary

#49BDCC #CC497C #CC9A49

monochromatic

#226F79 #2F9BA9 #49BDCC #79CED9 #A9E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#49BDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDCC

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDCC	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1db',
    500: '#49bdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdcc;
$custom-light: #8bd1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7392,
    "c": 0.1045,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDCC

secondary

#D4A39D

accent

#5A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDCC

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

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