#49BEC5#49BEC5

#49BEC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEC5
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 197)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -30.21, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 32.99, 203.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0969 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.104 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2348, 42.2712, 59.3255)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEC5 #C55049

analogous

#49C58E #49BEC5 #4980C5

triadic

#49BEC5 #C549BE #BEC549

tetradic

#49BEC5 #8E49C5 #C55049 #80C549

square

#49BEC5 #8E49C5 #C55049 #80C549

split-complementary

#49BEC5 #C54980 #C58E49

monochromatic

#246C70 #32989E #49BEC5 #77CFD4 #A6DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#49BEC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#49BEC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEC5

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEC5	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bec5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d6',
    500: '#49bec5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bec5;
$custom-light: #8ad2d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bec5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.387,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73903,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEC5

secondary

#D09D9A

accent

#554DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEC5

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

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