#49C6B5#49C6B5

#49C6B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.112 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6B5
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 181)
HSL	hsl(172, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 8.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -38.34, -1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 38.38, 182.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1123 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.112 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2784, 45.1375, 50.7711)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6B5 #C6495A

analogous

#49C676 #49C6B5 #4998C6

triadic

#49C6B5 #B549C6 #C6B549

tetradic

#49C6B5 #7649C6 #C6495A #98C649

square

#49C6B5 #7649C6 #C6495A #98C649

split-complementary

#49C6B5 #C64998 #C67649

monochromatic

#237167 #32A091 #49C6B5 #78D5C8 #A6E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#49C6B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#49C6B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6B5

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6B5	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBBB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABADB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.112 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8cb',
    500: '#49c6b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6b5;
$custom-light: #8ad8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.84,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75308,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6B5

secondary

#D09AA2

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6B5

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

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