#49C8D4#49C8D4

#49C8D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.111 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8D4
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 5.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -30.72, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 34.75, 207.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.1009 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.111 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2805, 47.4746, 69.5787)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8D4 #D45549

analogous

#49D49A #49C8D4 #4982D4

triadic

#49C8D4 #D449C8 #C8D449

tetradic

#49C8D4 #9A49D4 #D45549 #82D449

square

#49C8D4 #9A49D4 #D45549 #82D449

split-complementary

#49C8D4 #D44982 #D49A49

monochromatic

#1F7B84 #2BA9B5 #49C8D4 #7BD7E0 #ACE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#49C8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#49C8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8D4

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8D4	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C0D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.111 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e1',
    500: '#49c8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8d4;
$custom-light: #8dd9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.18,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76835,
    "c": 0.11052,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8D4

secondary

#D9A5A0

accent

#5143E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8D4

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

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