#49C8DF#49C8DF

#49C8DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8DF
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 10.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -27.47, -21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 34.98, 218.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0965 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.114 212)
XYZ	xyz(36.7156, 48.0486, 77.1370)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8DF #DF6049

analogous

#49DFAB #49C8DF #497DDF

triadic

#49C8DF #DF49C8 #C8DF49

tetradic

#49C8DF #AB49DF #DF6049 #7DDF49

square

#49C8DF #AB49DF #DF6049 #7DDF49

split-complementary

#49C8DF #DF497D #DFAB49

monochromatic

#1A8194 #23AEC8 #49C8DF #7DD8E8 #B1E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49C8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#49C8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8DF

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8DF	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e9',
    500: '#49c8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8df;
$custom-light: #8ed9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77248,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.48053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8DF

secondary

#E0ADA4

accent

#563BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8DF

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

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