#49C4DC#49C4DC

#49C4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.112 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C4DC
RGB	rgb(73, 196, 220)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -26.40, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 34.33, 219.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0937 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.112 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4004, 46.0597, 74.7210)
Luminance	0.4606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C4DC #DC6149

analogous

#49DCAB #49C4DC #497ADC

triadic

#49C4DC #DC49C4 #C4DC49

tetradic

#49C4DC #AB49DC #DC6149 #7ADC49

square

#49C4DC #AB49DC #DC6149 #7ADC49

split-complementary

#49C4DC #DC497A #DCAB49

monochromatic

#1C7C8F #25A9C2 #49C4DC #7CD5E6 #B0E5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#49C4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#49C4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C4DC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C4DC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 196, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.112 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd6e6',
    500: '#49c4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c4dc;
$custom-light: #8dd6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76191,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C4DC

secondary

#DEACA3

accent

#593DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C4DC

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

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