#49CAC8#49CAC8

#49CAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.111 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CAC8
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -35.07, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 36.31, 195.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.108 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.111 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2889, 47.8239, 62.0562)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CAC8 #CA494B

analogous

#49CA88 #49CAC8 #498CCA

triadic

#49CAC8 #C849CA #CAC849

tetradic

#49CAC8 #8849CA #CA494B #8CCA49

square

#49CAC8 #8849CA #CA494B #8CCA49

split-complementary

#49CAC8 #CA498C #CA8849

monochromatic

#227675 #30A6A4 #49CAC8 #78D8D6 #A8E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#49CAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#49CAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CAC8

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CAC8	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.111 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdad8',
    500: '#49cac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cac8;
$custom-light: #8cdad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.07,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76891,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CAC8

secondary

#D39C9D

accent

#4A4CDE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CAC8

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

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