#49C5CA#49C5CA

#49C5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.108 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5CA
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -32.15, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 34.54, 201.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.102 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.108 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3699, 45.6096, 62.9105)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5CA #CA4E49

analogous

#49CA8F #49C5CA #4985CA

triadic

#49C5CA #CA49C5 #C5CA49

tetradic

#49C5CA #8F49CA #CA4E49 #85CA49

square

#49C5CA #8F49CA #CA4E49 #85CA49

split-complementary

#49C5CA #CA4985 #CA8F49

monochromatic

#227376 #30A1A6 #49C5CA #78D4D8 #A8E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#49C5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5CA

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5CA	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.108 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7da',
    500: '#49c5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5ca;
$custom-light: #8bd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.326,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7576,
    "c": 0.10789,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5CA

secondary

#D39E9C

accent

#4F4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5CA

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

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