#49D6CC#49D6CC

#49D6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D6CC
RGB	rgb(73, 214, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -39.49, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 39.96, 188.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1184 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.12 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6883, 53.8650, 65.5258)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D6CC #D64953

analogous

#49D686 #49D6CC #499AD6

triadic

#49D6CC #CC49D6 #D6CC49

tetradic

#49D6CC #8649D6 #D64953 #9AD649

square

#49D6CC #8649D6 #D64953 #9AD649

split-complementary

#49D6CC #D6499A #D68649

monochromatic

#1E867F #2AB8AE #49D6CC #7BE1DA #ADEDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#49D6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D6CC

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D6CC	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 214, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de3db',
    500: '#49d6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d6cc;
$custom-light: #8de3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.745,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79906,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D6CC

secondary

#8D363D

accent

#424DE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D6CC

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

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