#49B6C8#49B6C8

#49B6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.101 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B6C8
RGB	rgb(73, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -25.39, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 31.32, 215.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0874 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.101 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8966, 39.0393, 60.5921)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B6C8 #C85B49

analogous

#49C89A #49B6C8 #4976C8

triadic

#49B6C8 #C849B6 #B6C849

tetradic

#49B6C8 #9A49C8 #C85B49 #76C849

square

#49B6C8 #9A49C8 #C85B49 #76C849

split-complementary

#49B6C8 #C84976 #C89A49

monochromatic

#236874 #3193A3 #49B6C8 #78C9D6 #A7DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#49B6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B6C8

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B6C8	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.101 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accd8',
    500: '#49b6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b6c8;
$custom-light: #8accd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.504,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72099,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B6C8

secondary

#D2A39B

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B6C8

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

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