#49CBC4#49CBC4

#49CBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBC4
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 196)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 3.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -36.63, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 37.29, 190.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.1108 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.112 190)
XYZ	xyz(34.0629, 48.1101, 59.7049)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBC4 #CB4950

analogous

#49CB83 #49CBC4 #4991CB

triadic

#49CBC4 #C449CB #CBC449

tetradic

#49CBC4 #8349CB #CB4950 #91CB49

square

#49CBC4 #8349CB #CB4950 #91CB49

split-complementary

#49CBC4 #CB4991 #CB8349

monochromatic

#227773 #30A7A1 #49CBC4 #79D9D3 #A8E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49CBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#49CBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBC4

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBC4	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbd5',
    500: '#49cbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbc4;
$custom-light: #8cdbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.769,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76999,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.48114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBC4

secondary

#D49C9F

accent

#4951DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBC4

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

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