#49CDC8#49CDC8

#49CDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDC8
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -36.46, -8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 37.35, 192.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.1111 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.113 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9996, 49.2454, 62.2931)
Luminance	0.4925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDC8 #CD494E

analogous

#49CD86 #49CDC8 #4990CD

triadic

#49CDC8 #C849CD #CDC849

tetradic

#49CDC8 #8649CD #CD494E #90CD49

square

#49CDC8 #8649CD #CD494E #90CD49

split-complementary

#49CDC8 #CD4990 #CD8649

monochromatic

#227A77 #2FAAA5 #49CDC8 #79DAD7 #A9E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#49CDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#49CDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDC8

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDC8	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd8',
    500: '#49cdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cdc8;
$custom-light: #8cddd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77612,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDC8

secondary

#D59D9F

accent

#484DE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDC8

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

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