#49C9D8#49C9D8

#49C9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9D8
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -30.03, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 34.90, 210.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.1003 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.112 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0237, 48.1436, 72.3465)
Luminance	0.4815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9D8 #D85849

analogous

#49D8A0 #49C9D8 #4982D8

triadic

#49C9D8 #D849C9 #C9D849

tetradic

#49C9D8 #A049D8 #D85849 #82D849

square

#49C9D8 #A049D8 #D85849 #82D849

split-complementary

#49C9D8 #D84982 #D8A049

monochromatic

#1D7E89 #28ACBC #49C9D8 #7BD8E3 #AEE7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49C9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#49C9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9D8

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9D8	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e4',
    500: '#49c9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9d8;
$custom-light: #8dd9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.294,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77219,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9D8

secondary

#DCA7A1

accent

#5240E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9D8

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

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