#49C8D5#49C8D5

#49C8D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8D5
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.52, -30.43, -16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.52, 34.73, 208.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1005 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.111 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4070, 47.5252, 70.2451)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8D5 #D55649

analogous

#49D59C #49C8D5 #4982D5

triadic

#49C8D5 #D549C8 #C8D549

tetradic

#49C8D5 #9C49D5 #D55649 #82D549

square

#49C8D5 #9C49D5 #D55649 #82D549

split-complementary

#49C8D5 #D54982 #D59C49

monochromatic

#1F7B85 #2AAAB7 #49C8D5 #7BD7E0 #ACE6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#49C8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#49C8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8D5

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8D5	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B1D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e1',
    500: '#49c8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8d5;
$custom-light: #8dd9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76871,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8D5

secondary

#DAA5A0

accent

#5142E6

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8D5

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

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