#49C5DA#49C5DA

#49C5DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5DA
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -27.49, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 34.31, 216.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% -0.0955 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.111 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3635, 46.4070, 73.4098)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5DA #DA5E49

analogous

#49DAA7 #49C5DA #497CDA

triadic

#49C5DA #DA49C5 #C5DA49

tetradic

#49C5DA #A749DA #DA5E49 #7CDA49

square

#49C5DA #A749DA #DA5E49 #7CDA49

split-complementary

#49C5DA #DA497C #DAA749

monochromatic

#1C7C8C #27A9BF #49C5DA #7CD5E4 #AFE5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#49C5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#49C5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5DA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5DA	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e5',
    500: '#49c5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5da;
$custom-light: #8dd7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.69,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76349,
    "c": 0.11121,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5DA

secondary

#DDAAA2

accent

#573FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5DA

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

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