#49CBE3#49CBE3

#49CBE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.116 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBE3
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 227)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -27.75, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 35.58, 218.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0979 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.116 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9629, 49.6701, 80.2447)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBE3 #E36149

analogous

#49E3AE #49CBE3 #497EE3

triadic

#49CBE3 #E349CB #CBE349

tetradic

#49CBE3 #AE49E3 #E36149 #7EE349

square

#49CBE3 #AE49E3 #E36149 #7EE349

split-complementary

#49CBE3 #E3497E #E3AE49

monochromatic

#18869A #20B4CF #49CBE3 #7EDAEB #B3E9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#49CBE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#49CBE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBE3

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBE3	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C4E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbe3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.116 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbeb',
    500: '#49cbe3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbe3;
$custom-light: #8edbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbe3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78107,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBE3

secondary

#E2AFA6

accent

#5538F0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFD

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBE3

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

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