#49C9CB#49C9CB

#49C9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.110 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9CB
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -33.76, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 35.62, 198.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1057 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.11 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.4090, 47.4978, 63.8429)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9CB #CB4B49

analogous

#49CB8C #49C9CB #4988CB

triadic

#49C9CB #CB49C9 #C9CB49

tetradic

#49C9CB #8C49CB #CB4B49 #88CB49

square

#49C9CB #8C49CB #CB4B49 #88CB49

split-complementary

#49C9CB #CB4988 #CB8C49

monochromatic

#227677 #30A5A7 #49C9CB #79D7D9 #A8E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#49C9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#49C9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9CB

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9CB	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.110 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdada',
    500: '#49c9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9cb;
$custom-light: #8cdada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76753,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9CB

secondary

#D49D9C

accent

#4B49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9CB

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

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