#49C5CB#49C5CB

#49C5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.108 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5CB
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -31.86, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 34.46, 202.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1016 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.108 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4887, 45.6571, 63.5361)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5CB #CB4F49

analogous

#49CB90 #49C5CB #4984CB

triadic

#49C5CB #CB49C5 #C5CB49

tetradic

#49C5CB #9049CB #CB4F49 #84CB49

square

#49C5CB #9049CB #CB4F49 #84CB49

split-complementary

#49C5CB #CB4984 #CB9049

monochromatic

#227477 #30A2A7 #49C5CB #79D4D9 #A8E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#49C5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5CB

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5CB	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.108 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7da',
    500: '#49c5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5cb;
$custom-light: #8bd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75795,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5CB

secondary

#D49F9C

accent

#5049DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5CB

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

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