#49BFCB#49BFCB

#49BFCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFCB
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 203)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 5.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -28.96, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 32.99, 208.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.0955 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.105 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1533, 42.9864, 63.0910)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFCB #CB5549

analogous

#49CB96 #49BFCB #497ECB

triadic

#49BFCB #CB49BF #BFCB49

tetradic

#49BFCB #9649CB #CB5549 #7ECB49

square

#49BFCB #9649CB #CB5549 #7ECB49

split-complementary

#49BFCB #CB497E #CB9649

monochromatic

#227077 #309CA7 #49BFCB #79D0D9 #A8E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#49BFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFCB

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFCB	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 204.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7436,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFCB

secondary

#D4A19C

accent

#5749DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFCB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →