#49BDCE#49BDCE

#49BDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.105 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BDCE
RGB	rgb(73, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -27.10, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 32.63, 213.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0922 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.105 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.0811, 42.2644, 64.8477)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BDCE #CE5A49

analogous

#49CE9C #49BDCE #497BCE

triadic

#49BDCE #CE49BD #BDCE49

tetradic

#49BDCE #9C49CE #CE5A49 #7BCE49

square

#49BDCE #9C49CE #CE5A49 #7BCE49

split-complementary

#49BDCE #CE497B #CE9C49

monochromatic

#21707B #2E9CAC #49BDCE #79CEDB #A9E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#49BDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BDCE

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BDCE	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.105 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1dd',
    500: '#49bdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bdce;
$custom-light: #8bd1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73996,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BDCE

secondary

#D5A59D

accent

#5B47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BDCE

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

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