#49C9DC#49C9DC

#49C9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9DC
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -28.86, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 34.96, 214.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0987 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.113 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5471, 48.3530, 75.1032)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9DC #DC5C49

analogous

#49DCA5 #49C9DC #4980DC

triadic

#49C9DC #DC49C9 #C9DC49

tetradic

#49C9DC #A549DC #DC5C49 #80DC49

square

#49C9DC #A549DC #DC5C49 #80DC49

split-complementary

#49C9DC #DC4980 #DCA549

monochromatic

#1C808F #25AEC2 #49C9DC #7CD8E6 #B0E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49C9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#49C9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9DC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9DC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd9e6',
    500: '#49c9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9dc;
$custom-light: #8dd9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.755,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77369,
    "c": 0.11287,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9DC

secondary

#DEAAA3

accent

#543DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9DC

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

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