#49C8D8#49C8D8

#49C8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8D8
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -29.55, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 34.71, 211.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0993 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.111 207)
XYZ	xyz(35.7913, 47.6789, 72.2691)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8D8 #D85949

analogous

#49D8A1 #49C8D8 #4981D8

triadic

#49C8D8 #D849C8 #C8D849

tetradic

#49C8D8 #A149D8 #D85949 #81D849

square

#49C8D8 #A149D8 #D85949 #81D849

split-complementary

#49C8D8 #D84981 #D8A149

monochromatic

#1D7D89 #28ABBC #49C8D8 #7BD7E3 #AEE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#49C8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#49C8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8D8

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8D8	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#49c8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8d8;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.713,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76982,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.47683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8D8

secondary

#DCA8A1

accent

#5340E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8D8

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

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