#49CACC#49CACC

#49CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.111 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CACC
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -33.95, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 35.82, 198.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1063 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.111 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7625, 48.0133, 64.5505)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CACC #CC4B49

analogous

#49CC8D #49CACC #4989CC

triadic

#49CACC #CC49CA #CACC49

tetradic

#49CACC #8D49CC #CC4B49 #89CC49

square

#49CACC #8D49CC #CC4B49 #89CC49

split-complementary

#49CACC #CC4989 #CC8D49

monochromatic

#227779 #2FA7A9 #49CACC #79D8D9 #A9E6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49CACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#49CACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CACC

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CACC	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.111 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdadb',
    500: '#49cacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cacc;
$custom-light: #8cdadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77028,
    "c": 0.11092,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CACC

secondary

#D49D9D

accent

#4B48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CACC

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

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