#49C3CC#49C3CC

#49C3CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C3CC
RGB	rgb(73, 195, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -30.62, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 33.88, 205.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0992 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1571, 44.8027, 64.0154)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C3CC #CC5249

analogous

#49CC94 #49C3CC #4982CC

triadic

#49C3CC #CC49C3 #C3CC49

tetradic

#49C3CC #9449CC #CC5249 #82CC49

square

#49C3CC #9449CC #CC5249 #82CC49

split-complementary

#49C3CC #CC4982 #CC9449

monochromatic

#227379 #2FA0A9 #49C3CC #79D3D9 #A9E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#49C3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#49C3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C3CC

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C3CC	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BBCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 195, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd5db',
    500: '#49c3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c3cc;
$custom-light: #8bd5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.122,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75353,
    "c": 0.10701,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C3CC

secondary

#D4A09D

accent

#5348E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C3CC

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

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