#49C1CC#49C1CC

#49C1CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.106 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C1CC
RGB	rgb(73, 193, 204)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 5.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -29.65, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 33.41, 207.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0971 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.106 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7120, 43.9125, 63.8670)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C1CC #CC5449

analogous

#49CC96 #49C1CC #4980CC

triadic

#49C1CC #CC49C1 #C1CC49

tetradic

#49C1CC #9649CC #CC5449 #80CC49

square

#49C1CC #9649CC #CC5449 #80CC49

split-complementary

#49C1CC #CC4980 #CC9649

monochromatic

#227179 #2F9EA9 #49C1CC #79D1D9 #A9E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#49C1CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#49C1CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C1CC

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C1CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C1CC	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FABCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c1cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 193, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.106 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4db',
    500: '#49c1cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c1cc;
$custom-light: #8bd4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c1cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C1CC

secondary

#D4A19D

accent

#5548E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C1CC

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

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