#49C5DD#49C5DD

#49C5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.112 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C5DD
RGB	rgb(73, 197, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 10.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -26.59, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 34.51, 219.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0943 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.112 213)
XYZ	xyz(35.7596, 46.5654, 75.4960)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C5DD #DD6149

analogous

#49DDAB #49C5DD #497BDD

triadic

#49C5DD #DD49C5 #C5DD49

tetradic

#49C5DD #AB49DD #DD6149 #7BDD49

square

#49C5DD #AB49DD #DD6149 #7BDD49

split-complementary

#49C5DD #DD497B #DDAB49

monochromatic

#1B7E91 #25AAC4 #49C5DD #7DD5E7 #B0E6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#49C5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#49C5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C5DD

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C5DD	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EAFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 197, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.112 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e7',
    500: '#49c5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c5dd;
$custom-light: #8dd7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76465,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.46569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C5DD

secondary

#DFADA3

accent

#593CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C5DD

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

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