#49C4CC#49C4CC

#49C4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.107 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4CC
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 204)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -31.10, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 34.13, 204.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.1002 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.108 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3819, 45.2523, 64.0903)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4CC #CC5149

analogous

#49CC93 #49C4CC #4983CC

triadic

#49C4CC #CC49C4 #C4CC49

tetradic

#49C4CC #9349CC #CC5149 #83CC49

square

#49C4CC #9349CC #CC5149 #83CC49

split-complementary

#49C4CC #CC4983 #CC9349

monochromatic

#227379 #2FA1A9 #49C4CC #79D3D9 #A9E3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#49C4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#49C4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4CC

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4CC	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.107 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6db',
    500: '#49c4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4cc;
$custom-light: #8bd6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75592,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4CC

secondary

#D4A09D

accent

#5248E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4CC

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

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