#49C1CE#49C1CE

#49C1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.106 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C1CE
RGB	rgb(73, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -29.07, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 33.37, 209.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0963 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.106 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9534, 44.0090, 65.1384)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C1CE #CE5649

analogous

#49CE99 #49C1CE #497ECE

triadic

#49C1CE #CE49C1 #C1CE49

tetradic

#49C1CE #9949CE #CE5649 #7ECE49

square

#49C1CE #9949CE #CE5649 #7ECE49

split-complementary

#49C1CE #CE497E #CE9949

monochromatic

#21737B #2E9FAC #49C1CE #79D1DB #A9E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#49C1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#49C1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C1CE

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C1CE	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.106 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd4dd',
    500: '#49c1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c1ce;
$custom-light: #8bd4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.865,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74948,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C1CE

secondary

#D5A39D

accent

#5647E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C1CE

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

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