#49CBE2#49CBE2

#49CBE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.115 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBE2
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -28.05, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 35.51, 217.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.0983 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.115 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8253, 49.6151, 79.5199)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBE2 #E26049

analogous

#49E2AD #49CBE2 #497EE2

triadic

#49CBE2 #E249CB #CBE249

tetradic

#49CBE2 #AD49E2 #E26049 #7EE249

square

#49CBE2 #AD49E2 #E26049 #7EE249

split-complementary

#49CBE2 #E2497E #E2AD49

monochromatic

#188598 #21B3CD #49CBE2 #7EDAEA #B3E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#49CBE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#49CBE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBE2

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBE2	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C4E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.115 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbeb',
    500: '#49cbe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbe2;
$custom-light: #8edbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78068,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBE2

secondary

#E2AEA5

accent

#5439EF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBE2

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

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