#49C5DC#49C5DC

#49C5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5DC
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 10.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -26.89, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 34.44, 218.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0947 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.112 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6267, 46.5123, 74.7964)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5DC #DC6049

analogous

#49DCAA #49C5DC #497BDC

triadic

#49C5DC #DC49C5 #C5DC49

tetradic

#49C5DC #AA49DC #DC6049 #7BDC49

square

#49C5DC #AA49DC #DC6049 #7BDC49

split-complementary

#49C5DC #DC497B #DCAA49

monochromatic

#1C7D8F #25AAC2 #49C5DC #7CD5E6 #B0E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#49C5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#49C5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5DC

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5DC	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e6',
    500: '#49c5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5dc;
$custom-light: #8dd7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.388,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76426,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5DC

secondary

#DEACA3

accent

#583DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5DC

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

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