#49BECB#49BECB

#49BECB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BECB
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -28.47, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 32.78, 209.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.12% -0.0944 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(74.12% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9360, 42.5517, 63.0186)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BECB #CB5649

analogous

#49CB97 #49BECB #497DCB

triadic

#49BECB #CB49BE #BECB49

tetradic

#49BECB #9749CB #CB5649 #7DCB49

square

#49BECB #9749CB #CB5649 #7DCB49

split-complementary

#49BECB #CB497D #CB9749

monochromatic

#226F77 #309BA7 #49BECB #79CFD9 #A8E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#49BECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#49BECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BECB

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BECB	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49becb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2da',
    500: '#49becb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49becb;
$custom-light: #8bd2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49becb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74121,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BECB

secondary

#D4A29C

accent

#5849DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BECB

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

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