#49CBCD#49CBCD

#49CBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.112 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBCD
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -34.14, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 36.01, 198.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.1069 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.112 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1182, 48.5322, 65.2626)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBCD #CD4B49

analogous

#49CD8D #49CBCD #4989CD

triadic

#49CBCD #CD49CB #CBCD49

tetradic

#49CBCD #8D49CD #CD4B49 #89CD49

square

#49CBCD #8D49CD #CD4B49 #89CD49

split-complementary

#49CBCD #CD4989 #CD8D49

monochromatic

#22797A #2FA8AA #49CBCD #79D9DA #A9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#49CBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#49CBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBCD

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBCD	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.112 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbdc',
    500: '#49cbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbcd;
$custom-light: #8cdbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77302,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBCD

secondary

#D59E9D

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBCD

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

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