#49CBD8#49CBD8

#49CBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.113 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBD8
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -31.00, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 35.30, 208.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.1023 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.113 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4929, 49.0821, 72.5030)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBD8 #D85649

analogous

#49D89E #49CBD8 #4983D8

triadic

#49CBD8 #D849CB #CBD849

tetradic

#49CBD8 #9E49D8 #D85649 #83D849

square

#49CBD8 #9E49D8 #D85649 #83D849

split-complementary

#49CBD8 #D84983 #D89E49

monochromatic

#1D7F89 #28AEBC #49CBD8 #7BD9E3 #AEE8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#49CBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#49CBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBD8

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBD8	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.113 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbe4',
    500: '#49cbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbd8;
$custom-light: #8ddbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77693,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBD8

secondary

#DCA6A1

accent

#4F40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBD8

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

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