#49CBC8#49CBC8

#49CBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBC8
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 1.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -35.54, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 36.65, 194.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.109 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.112 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.5243, 48.2947, 62.1347)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBC8 #CB494C

analogous

#49CB87 #49CBC8 #498DCB

triadic

#49CBC8 #C849CB #CBC849

tetradic

#49CBC8 #8749CB #CB494C #8DCB49

square

#49CBC8 #8749CB #CB494C #8DCB49

split-complementary

#49CBC8 #CB498D #CB8749

monochromatic

#227775 #30A7A4 #49CBC8 #79D9D6 #A8E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49CBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#49CBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBC8

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBC8	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbd8',
    500: '#49cbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbc8;
$custom-light: #8cdbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.615,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77131,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBC8

secondary

#D49C9E

accent

#494CDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBC8

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

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