#49CBCE#49CBCE

#49CBCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.112 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBCE
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 1.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -33.86, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 35.91, 199.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.1065 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.112 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.2393, 48.5807, 65.9004)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBCE #CE4C49

analogous

#49CE8E #49CBCE #4989CE

triadic

#49CBCE #CE49CB #CBCE49

tetradic

#49CBCE #8E49CE #CE4C49 #89CE49

square

#49CBCE #8E49CE #CE4C49 #89CE49

split-complementary

#49CBCE #CE4989 #CE8E49

monochromatic

#21797B #2EA9AC #49CBCE #79D9DB #A9E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#49CBCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#49CBCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBCE

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBCE	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.112 197.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.353,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77336,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBCE

secondary

#D59F9D

accent

#4A47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBCE

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

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