#49C6D9#49C6D9

#49C6D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.111 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6D9
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 8.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -28.28, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 34.40, 214.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0969 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.111 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4608, 46.8104, 72.7986)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6D9 #D95C49

analogous

#49D9A4 #49C6D9 #497ED9

triadic

#49C6D9 #D949C6 #C6D949

tetradic

#49C6D9 #A449D9 #D95C49 #7ED949

square

#49C6D9 #A449D9 #D95C49 #7ED949

split-complementary

#49C6D9 #D9497E #D9A449

monochromatic

#1D7C8B #28AABD #49C6D9 #7CD6E4 #AEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#49C6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#49C6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6D9

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6D9	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.111 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e4',
    500: '#49c6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6d9;
$custom-light: #8dd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76547,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6D9

secondary

#DCA9A2

accent

#563FE8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6D9

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

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