#49C6CB#49C6CB

#49C6CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6CB
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -32.34, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 34.74, 201.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1026 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.109 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7165, 46.1127, 63.6121)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6CB #CB4E49

analogous

#49CB8F #49C6CB #4985CB

triadic

#49C6CB #CB49C6 #C6CB49

tetradic

#49C6CB #8F49CB #CB4E49 #85CB49

square

#49C6CB #8F49CB #CB4E49 #85CB49

split-complementary

#49C6CB #CB4985 #CB8F49

monochromatic

#227477 #30A2A7 #49C6CB #79D5D9 #A8E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#49C6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#49C6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6CB

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6CB	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7da',
    500: '#49c6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6cb;
$custom-light: #8cd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.1085,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6CB

secondary

#D49E9C

accent

#4F49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6CB

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

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