#49C6BC#49C6BC

#49C6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.110 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6BC
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 188)
HSL	hsl(175, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -36.49, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 36.86, 188.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.1091 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.11 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0147, 45.4320, 54.6492)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6BC #C64953

analogous

#49C67D #49C6BC #4991C6

triadic

#49C6BC #BC49C6 #C6BC49

tetradic

#49C6BC #7D49C6 #C64953 #91C649

square

#49C6BC #7D49C6 #C64953 #91C649

split-complementary

#49C6BC #C64991 #C67D49

monochromatic

#23716B #32A097 #49C6BC #78D5CD #A6E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#49C6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#49C6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6BC

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6BC	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.110 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8d0',
    500: '#49c6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6bc;
$custom-light: #8ad8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75529,
    "c": 0.11012,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6BC

secondary

#D09A9F

accent

#4C58DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6BC

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

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