#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
RGBrgb(73, 200, 216)
HSLhsl(187, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(187, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.62, -29.55, -18.21)
CIE-LCHlch(74.62, 34.71, 211.65°)
OKLaboklab(76.98% -0.0993 -0.0505)
OKLCHoklch(76.98% 0.111 207)
XYZxyz(35.7913, 47.6789, 72.2691)
Luminance0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49C8D81.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

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

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#49C8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva