#49C4CB#49C4CB

#49C4CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.107 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4CB
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 3.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -31.38, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 34.19, 203.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1006 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.107 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2624, 45.2045, 63.4607)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4CB #CB5049

analogous

#49CB91 #49C4CB #4983CB

triadic

#49C4CB #CB49C4 #C4CB49

tetradic

#49C4CB #9149CB #CB5049 #83CB49

square

#49C4CB #9149CB #CB5049 #83CB49

split-complementary

#49C4CB #CB4983 #CB9149

monochromatic

#227377 #30A1A7 #49C4CB #79D3D9 #A8E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#49C4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#49C4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4CB

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4CB	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.107 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6da',
    500: '#49c4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4cb;
$custom-light: #8bd6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75556,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4CB

secondary

#D49F9C

accent

#5149DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4CB

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

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