#49CBC9#49CBC9

#49CBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CBC9
RGB	rgb(73, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -35.26, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 36.51, 195.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.1086 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.112 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6415, 48.3416, 62.7522)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CBC9 #CB494B

analogous

#49CB88 #49CBC9 #498CCB

triadic

#49CBC9 #C949CB #CBC949

tetradic

#49CBC9 #8849CB #CB494B #8CCB49

square

#49CBC9 #8849CB #CB494B #8CCB49

split-complementary

#49CBC9 #CB498C #CB8849

monochromatic

#227776 #30A7A5 #49CBC9 #79D9D7 #A8E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#49CBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#49CBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CBC9

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CBC9	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdbd9',
    500: '#49cbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cbc9;
$custom-light: #8cdbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77165,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CBC9

secondary

#D49C9D

accent

#494BDF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CBC9

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

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