#49BFCC#49BFCC

#49BFCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.105 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFCC
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 204)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -28.67, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 32.98, 209.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.095 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.105 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2729, 43.0342, 63.7206)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFCC #CC5649

analogous

#49CC98 #49BFCC #497ECC

triadic

#49BFCC #CC49BF #BFCC49

tetradic

#49BFCC #9849CC #CC5649 #7ECC49

square

#49BFCC #9849CC #CC5649 #7ECC49

split-complementary

#49BFCC #CC497E #CC9849

monochromatic

#227079 #2F9DA9 #49BFCC #79D0D9 #A9E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#49BFCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#49BFCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFCC

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFCC	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.105 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2db',
    500: '#49bfcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfcc;
$custom-light: #8bd2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFCC

secondary

#D4A29D

accent

#5748E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFCC

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

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