#49BFCE#49BFCE

#49BFCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.106 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BFCE
RGB	rgb(73, 191, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -28.09, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 32.98, 211.61°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.0942 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.106 207)
XYZ	xyz(32.5143, 43.1308, 64.9921)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BFCE #CE5849

analogous

#49CE9B #49BFCE #497DCE

triadic

#49BFCE #CE49BF #BFCE49

tetradic

#49BFCE #9B49CE #CE5849 #7DCE49

square

#49BFCE #9B49CE #CE5849 #7DCE49

split-complementary

#49BFCE #CE497D #CE9B49

monochromatic

#21717B #2E9DAC #49BFCE #79D0DB #A9E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#49BFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#49BFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BFCE

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BFCE	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bfce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 191, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.106 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd2dd',
    500: '#49bfce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bfce;
$custom-light: #8bd2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bfce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.767,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74472,
    "c": 0.10573,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.43134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BFCE

secondary

#D5A49D

accent

#5847E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BFCE

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

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