#49BEC0#49BEC0

#49BEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.103 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEC0
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 192)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -31.63, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 33.40, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.0991 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.103 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6714, 42.0459, 56.3582)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEC0 #C04B49

analogous

#49C086 #49BEC0 #4983C0

triadic

#49BEC0 #C049BE #BEC049

tetradic

#49BEC0 #8649C0 #C04B49 #83C049

square

#49BEC0 #8649C0 #C04B49 #83C049

split-complementary

#49BEC0 #C04983 #C08649

monochromatic

#25696A #349697 #49BEC0 #76CED0 #A4DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#49BEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#49BEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEC0

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEC0	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)

#B2B5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.103 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d3',
    500: '#49bec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bec0;
$custom-light: #8ad2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73726,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEC0

secondary

#CC9998

accent

#5250D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEC0

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

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