#49B6C7#49B6C7

#49B6C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6C7
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 199)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -25.69, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 31.27, 214.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0878 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.101 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7801, 38.9927, 59.9786)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6C7 #C75A49

analogous

#49C799 #49B6C7 #4977C7

triadic

#49B6C7 #C749B6 #B6C749

tetradic

#49B6C7 #9949C7 #C75A49 #77C749

square

#49B6C7 #9949C7 #C75A49 #77C749

split-complementary

#49B6C7 #C74977 #C79949

monochromatic

#236872 #3292A1 #49B6C7 #78C9D5 #A7DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#49B6C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#49B6C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6C7

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6C7	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accd8',
    500: '#49b6c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6c7;
$custom-light: #8accd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.095,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7206,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6C7

secondary

#D1A29B

accent

#5F4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6C7

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

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