#49C8CA#49C8CA

#49C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8CA
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -33.57, -11.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 35.42, 198.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.1051 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.11 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0579, 46.9855, 63.1399)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8CA #CA4B49

analogous

#49CA8C #49C8CA #4988CA

triadic

#49C8CA #CA49C8 #C8CA49

tetradic

#49C8CA #8C49CA #CA4B49 #88CA49

square

#49C8CA #8C49CA #CA4B49 #88CA49

split-complementary

#49C8CA #CA4988 #CA8C49

monochromatic

#227576 #30A4A6 #49C8CA #78D6D8 #A8E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#49C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#49C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8CA

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8CA	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9da',
    500: '#49c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8ca;
$custom-light: #8cd9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.93,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76479,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8CA

secondary

#D39D9C

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8CA

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

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