#49CBC5#49CBC5

#49CBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.112 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBC5
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -36.36, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 37.12, 191.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1103 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.112 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1771, 48.1558, 60.3063)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBC5 #CB494F

analogous

#49CB84 #49CBC5 #4990CB

triadic

#49CBC5 #C549CB #CBC549

tetradic

#49CBC5 #8449CB #CB494F #90CB49

square

#49CBC5 #8449CB #CB494F #90CB49

split-complementary

#49CBC5 #CB4990 #CB8449

monochromatic

#227774 #30A7A2 #49CBC5 #79D9D4 #A8E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49CBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#49CBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBC5

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBC5	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C1C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.112 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbd6',
    500: '#49cbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbc5;
$custom-light: #8cdbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.231,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77032,
    "c": 0.1123,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBC5

secondary

#D49C9F

accent

#4950DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBC5

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

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