#49C5CD#49C5CD

#49C5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5CD
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -31.29, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 34.33, 204.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.1008 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7286, 45.7530, 64.7994)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5CD #CD5149

analogous

#49CD93 #49C5CD #4983CD

triadic

#49C5CD #CD49C5 #C5CD49

tetradic

#49C5CD #9349CD #CD5149 #83CD49

square

#49C5CD #9349CD #CD5149 #83CD49

split-complementary

#49C5CD #CD4983 #CD9349

monochromatic

#22757A #2FA3AA #49C5CD #79D4DA #A9E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#49C5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5CD

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5CD	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7dc',
    500: '#49c5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5cd;
$custom-light: #8cd7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75866,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5CD

secondary

#D5A09D

accent

#5148E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5CD

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

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