#49C9D4#49C9D4

#49C9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9D4
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -31.20, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 34.97, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.1019 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5128, 47.9393, 69.6562)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9D4 #D45449

analogous

#49D499 #49C9D4 #4983D4

triadic

#49C9D4 #D449C9 #C9D449

tetradic

#49C9D4 #9949D4 #D45449 #83D449

square

#49C9D4 #9949D4 #D45449 #83D449

split-complementary

#49C9D4 #D44983 #D49949

monochromatic

#1F7C84 #2BAAB5 #49C9D4 #7BD8E0 #ACE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49C9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#49C9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9D4

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9D4	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)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae1',
    500: '#49c9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9d4;
$custom-light: #8ddae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.748,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77072,
    "c": 0.11095,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9D4

secondary

#D9A4A0

accent

#5043E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9D4

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

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