#49C9C8#49C9C8

#49C9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.110 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9C8
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -34.60, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 35.98, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.107 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.11 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0550, 47.3561, 61.9783)
Luminance	0.4736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9C8 #C9494A

analogous

#49C988 #49C9C8 #498AC9

triadic

#49C9C8 #C849C9 #C9C849

tetradic

#49C9C8 #8849C9 #C9494A #8AC949

square

#49C9C8 #8849C9 #C9494A #8AC949

split-complementary

#49C9C8 #C9498A #C98849

monochromatic

#237574 #31A4A3 #49C9C8 #78D7D6 #A7E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#49C9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#49C9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9C8

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9C8	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.110 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdad8',
    500: '#49c9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9c8;
$custom-light: #8cdad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.531,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76651,
    "c": 0.11045,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9C8

secondary

#D29C9C

accent

#4A4BDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9C8

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

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