#49C0CD#49C0CD

#49C0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.106 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C0CD
RGB	rgb(73, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -28.87, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 33.17, 209.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0957 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.106 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6120, 43.5200, 64.4272)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C0CD #CD5649

analogous

#49CD98 #49C0CD #497ECD

triadic

#49C0CD #CD49C0 #C0CD49

tetradic

#49C0CD #9849CD #CD5649 #7ECD49

square

#49C0CD #9849CD #CD5649 #7ECD49

split-complementary

#49C0CD #CD497E #CD9849

monochromatic

#22717A #2F9EAA #49C0CD #79D1DA #A9E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#49C0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#49C0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C0CD

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C0CD	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.106 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3dc',
    500: '#49c0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c0cd;
$custom-light: #8bd3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74673,
    "c": 0.10585,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C0CD

secondary

#D5A29D

accent

#5748E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C0CD

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

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