#49C6BF#49C6BF

#49C6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.109 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6BF
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 191)
HSL	hsl(177, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -35.68, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 36.30, 190.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.1078 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.109 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3415, 45.5627, 56.3701)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6BF #C64950

analogous

#49C680 #49C6BF #498EC6

triadic

#49C6BF #BF49C6 #C6BF49

tetradic

#49C6BF #8049C6 #C64950 #8EC649

square

#49C6BF #8049C6 #C64950 #8EC649

split-complementary

#49C6BF #C6498E #C68049

monochromatic

#23716D #32A09A #49C6BF #78D5CF #A6E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#49C6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#49C6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6BF

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6BF	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBCBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AEC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.109 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd8d2',
    500: '#49c6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6bf;
$custom-light: #8bd8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.64,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75626,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6BF

secondary

#D09A9D

accent

#4C54DC

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6BF

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

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