#49C6BD#49C6BD

#49C6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.110 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6BD
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 189)
HSL	hsl(176, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 4.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -36.22, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 36.66, 188.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1087 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.11 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.1229, 45.4753, 55.2189)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6BD #C64952

analogous

#49C67E #49C6BD #4990C6

triadic

#49C6BD #BD49C6 #C6BD49

tetradic

#49C6BD #7E49C6 #C64952 #90C649

square

#49C6BD #7E49C6 #C64952 #90C649

split-complementary

#49C6BD #C64990 #C67E49

monochromatic

#23716C #32A098 #49C6BD #78D5CE #A6E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#49C6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#49C6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6BD

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6BD	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBCBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9AEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.110 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad8d0',
    500: '#49c6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6bd;
$custom-light: #8ad8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.68,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75561,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6BD

secondary

#D09A9E

accent

#4C56DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6BD

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

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