#49C6DD#49C6DD

#49C6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.113 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C6DD
RGB	rgb(73, 198, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 10.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -27.09, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 34.62, 218.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.7% -0.0953 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(76.7% 0.113 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9874, 47.0211, 75.5719)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C6DD #DD6049

analogous

#49DDAA #49C6DD #497CDD

triadic

#49C6DD #DD49C6 #C6DD49

tetradic

#49C6DD #AA49DD #DD6049 #7CDD49

square

#49C6DD #AA49DD #DD6049 #7CDD49

split-complementary

#49C6DD #DD497C #DDAA49

monochromatic

#1B7E91 #25ABC4 #49C6DD #7DD6E7 #B0E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#49C6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#49C6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C6DD

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C6DD	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 198, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.113 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e7',
    500: '#49c6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c6dd;
$custom-light: #8dd7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.767,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C6DD

secondary

#DFACA3

accent

#583CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C6DD

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

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