#49BECD#49BECD

#49BECD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.105 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BECD
RGB	rgb(73, 190, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -27.89, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 32.78, 211.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0936 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.105 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1759, 42.6477, 64.2819)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BECD #CD5849

analogous

#49CD9A #49BECD #497CCD

triadic

#49BECD #CD49BE #BECD49

tetradic

#49BECD #9A49CD #CD5849 #7CCD49

square

#49BECD #9A49CD #CD5849 #7CCD49

split-complementary

#49BECD #CD497C #CD9A49

monochromatic

#22707A #2F9CAA #49BECD #79CFDA #A9E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#49BECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#49BECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BECD

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BECD	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49becd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 190, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.105 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2dc',
    500: '#49becd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49becd;
$custom-light: #8bd2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49becd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74196,
    "c": 0.10511,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BECD

secondary

#D5A39D

accent

#5948E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BECD

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

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