#49C8CE#49C8CE

#49C8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8CE
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -32.44, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 35.05, 202.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.1034 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.11 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5376, 47.1774, 65.6665)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8CE #CE4F49

analogous

#49CE92 #49C8CE #4985CE

triadic

#49C8CE #CE49C8 #C8CE49

tetradic

#49C8CE #9249CE #CE4F49 #85CE49

square

#49C8CE #9249CE #CE4F49 #85CE49

split-complementary

#49C8CE #CE4985 #CE9249

monochromatic

#21777B #2EA6AC #49C8CE #79D7DB #A9E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#49C8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#49C8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8CE

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8CE	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd9dc',
    500: '#49c8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8ce;
$custom-light: #8cd9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.707,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76619,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8CE

secondary

#D5A09D

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8CE

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

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