#49C8CC#49C8CC

#49C8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.110 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8CC
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -33.01, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 35.22, 200.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.1043 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.11 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2962, 47.0809, 64.3951)
Luminance	0.4708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8CC #CC4D49

analogous

#49CC8F #49C8CC #4987CC

triadic

#49C8CC #CC49C8 #C8CC49

tetradic

#49C8CC #8F49CC #CC4D49 #87CC49

square

#49C8CC #8F49CC #CC4D49 #87CC49

split-complementary

#49C8CC #CC4987 #CC8F49

monochromatic

#227679 #2FA5A9 #49C8CC #79D6D9 #A9E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#49C8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#49C8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8CC

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8CC	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.110 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9db',
    500: '#49c8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8cc;
$custom-light: #8cd9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.832,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76549,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8CC

secondary

#D49E9D

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8CC

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

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