#49BEC8#49BEC8

#49BEC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BEC8
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -29.34, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 32.84, 206.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0957 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.104 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.5820, 42.4101, 61.1539)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BEC8 #C85349

analogous

#49C892 #49BEC8 #497EC8

triadic

#49BEC8 #C849BE #BEC849

tetradic

#49BEC8 #9249C8 #C85349 #7EC849

square

#49BEC8 #9249C8 #C85349 #7EC849

split-complementary

#49BEC8 #C8497E #C89249

monochromatic

#236D74 #319AA3 #49BEC8 #78CFD6 #A7E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#49BEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BEC8

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BEC8	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2d8',
    500: '#49bec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bec8;
$custom-light: #8ad2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BEC8

secondary

#D29F9B

accent

#564BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BEC8

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

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