#49BEC4#49BEC4

#49BEC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEC4
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 196)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -30.49, -12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 33.05, 202.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0974 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.104 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1206, 42.2255, 58.7241)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEC4 #C44F49

analogous

#49C48D #49BEC4 #4980C4

triadic

#49BEC4 #C449BE #BEC449

tetradic

#49BEC4 #8D49C4 #C44F49 #80C449

square

#49BEC4 #8D49C4 #C44F49 #80C449

split-complementary

#49BEC4 #C44980 #C48D49

monochromatic

#246B6F #33989D #49BEC4 #77CFD3 #A5DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#49BEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEC4

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEC4	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)

#B1B6C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d5',
    500: '#49bec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bec4;
$custom-light: #8ad2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73867,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEC4

secondary

#CF9C9A

accent

#544DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEC4

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

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