#49C9DD#49C9DD

#49C9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.113 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9DD
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -28.56, -20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 35.00, 215.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0983 -0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.113 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6799, 48.4061, 75.8028)
Luminance	0.4841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9DD #DD5D49

analogous

#49DDA7 #49C9DD #497FDD

triadic

#49C9DD #DD49C9 #C9DD49

tetradic

#49C9DD #A749DD #DD5D49 #7FDD49

square

#49C9DD #A749DD #DD5D49 #7FDD49

split-complementary

#49C9DD #DD497F #DDA749

monochromatic

#1B8191 #25AFC4 #49C9DD #7DD8E7 #B0E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49C9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#49C9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9DD

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9DD	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.113 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e7',
    500: '#49c9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9dd;
$custom-light: #8ed9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.108,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77407,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9DD

secondary

#DFABA3

accent

#543CEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9DD

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

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