#49CBC6#49CBC6

#49CBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.112 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBC6
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 198)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 2.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -36.09, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 36.96, 192.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.1099 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.112 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2921, 48.2018, 60.9117)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBC6 #CB494E

analogous

#49CB85 #49CBC6 #498FCB

triadic

#49CBC6 #C649CB #CBC649

tetradic

#49CBC6 #8549CB #CB494E #8FCB49

square

#49CBC6 #8549CB #CB494E #8FCB49

split-complementary

#49CBC6 #CB498F #CB8549

monochromatic

#227774 #30A7A2 #49CBC6 #79D9D5 #A8E6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49CBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#49CBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBC6

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBC6	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.112 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbd7',
    500: '#49cbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbc6;
$custom-light: #8cdbd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77065,
    "c": 0.11214,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBC6

secondary

#D49C9E

accent

#494FDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBC6

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

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