#49C5CE#49C5CE

#49C5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5CE
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 206)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -31.00, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 34.27, 205.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.1004 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(33.8497, 45.8015, 65.4372)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5CE #CE5249

analogous

#49CE94 #49C5CE #4983CE

triadic

#49C5CE #CE49C5 #C5CE49

tetradic

#49C5CE #9449CE #CE5249 #83CE49

square

#49C5CE #9449CE #CE5249 #83CE49

split-complementary

#49C5CE #CE4983 #CE9449

monochromatic

#21757B #2EA3AC #49C5CE #79D4DB #A9E4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#49C5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#49C5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5CE

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5CE	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7dd',
    500: '#49c5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5ce;
$custom-light: #8cd7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.06,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75902,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.45805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5CE

secondary

#D5A19D

accent

#5147E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5CE

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

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