#49C9DB#49C9DB

#49C9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49C9DB
RGBrgb(73, 201, 219)
HSLhsl(187, 67%, 57%)
HSVhsv(187, 67%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(75.01, -29.15, -19.24)
CIE-LCHlch(75.01, 34.93, 213.43°)
OKLaboklab(77.33% -0.0991 -0.0534)
OKLCHoklch(77.33% 0.113 208.3)
XYZxyz(36.4150, 48.3002, 74.4078)
Luminance0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49C9DB #DB5B49
analogous
#49DBA4 #49C9DB #4980DB
triadic
#49C9DB #DB49C9 #C9DB49
tetradic
#49C9DB #A449DB #DB5B49 #80DB49
square
#49C9DB #A449DB #DB5B49 #80DB49
split-complementary
#49C9DB #DB4980 #DBA449
monochromatic
#1C808E #26AEC1 #49C9DB #7CD8E5 #AFE7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#49C9DB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66
#49C9DB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9DB
10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49C9DB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49C9DB1.001.9710.6610.66
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6621.001.001.00
##00000010.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C2DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3B2DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D2CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49c9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 208.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e6',
    500: '#49c9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49c9db;
$custom-light: #8dd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49c9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.397,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77331,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49C9DB
secondary
#DDAAA2
accent
#533EEA
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FAFC
border
#CCD3D5
text
#0E1415
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9DB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#49C9DB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva