#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
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -29.15, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 34.93, 213.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0991 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.113 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4150, 48.3002, 74.4078)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49C9DB	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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