#49CED6#49CED6

#49CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.114 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CED6
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -33.01, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 36.08, 203.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.1061 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.114 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9513, 50.4100, 71.3880)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CED6 #D65149

analogous

#49D698 #49CED6 #4988D6

triadic

#49CED6 #D649CE #CED649

tetradic

#49CED6 #9849D6 #D65149 #88D649

square

#49CED6 #9849D6 #D65149 #88D649

split-complementary

#49CED6 #D64988 #D69849

monochromatic

#1E8086 #2AB0B8 #49CED6 #7BDBE1 #ADE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#49CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#49CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CED6

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CED6	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.114 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde2',
    500: '#49ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ced6;
$custom-light: #8ddde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.404,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78332,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CED6

secondary

#8D3B36

accent

#4B42E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CED6

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

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