#49C8DD#49C8DD

#49C8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.113 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8DD
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -28.07, -20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 34.86, 216.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0973 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.113 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4476, 47.9414, 75.7253)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8DD #DD5E49

analogous

#49DDA8 #49C8DD #497EDD

triadic

#49C8DD #DD49C8 #C8DD49

tetradic

#49C8DD #A849DD #DD5E49 #7EDD49

square

#49C8DD #A849DD #DD5E49 #7EDD49

split-complementary

#49C8DD #DD497E #DDA849

monochromatic

#1B8091 #25AEC4 #49C8DD #7DD8E7 #B0E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49C8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#49C8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8DD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8DD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.113 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e7',
    500: '#49c8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8dd;
$custom-light: #8dd9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77171,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8DD

secondary

#DFACA3

accent

#553CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8DD

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

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