#49C9CE#49C9CE

#49C9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.110 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9CE
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, -32.92, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 35.33, 201.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.1044 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.11 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7700, 47.6421, 65.7440)
Luminance	0.4765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9CE #CE4E49

analogous

#49CE91 #49C9CE #4986CE

triadic

#49C9CE #CE49C9 #C9CE49

tetradic

#49C9CE #9149CE #CE4E49 #86CE49

square

#49C9CE #9149CE #CE4E49 #86CE49

split-complementary

#49C9CE #CE4986 #CE9149

monochromatic

#21787B #2EA7AC #49C9CE #79D7DB #A9E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#49C9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#49C9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9CE

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9CE	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.110 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdadc',
    500: '#49c9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9ce;
$custom-light: #8cdadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.256,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76858,
    "c": 0.11034,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9CE

secondary

#D59F9D

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9CE

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

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