#49C0CB#49C0CB

#49C0CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.105 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0CB
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 203)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 5.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -29.45, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 33.21, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0965 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.105 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3722, 43.4240, 63.1639)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0CB #CB5449

analogous

#49CB95 #49C0CB #497FCB

triadic

#49C0CB #CB49C0 #C0CB49

tetradic

#49C0CB #9549CB #CB5449 #7FCB49

square

#49C0CB #9549CB #CB5449 #7FCB49

split-complementary

#49C0CB #CB497F #CB9549

monochromatic

#227077 #309DA7 #49C0CB #79D0D9 #A8E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#49C0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#49C0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0CB

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0CB	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.105 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3da',
    500: '#49c0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0cb;
$custom-light: #8bd3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74599,
    "c": 0.10546,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0CB

secondary

#D4A19C

accent

#5649DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0CB

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

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