#49CDC9#49CDC9

#49CDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDC9
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 201)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 0%, 2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -36.19, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 37.19, 193.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.1106 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.113 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1169, 49.2923, 62.9106)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDC9 #CD494D

analogous

#49CD87 #49CDC9 #498FCD

triadic

#49CDC9 #C949CD #CDC949

tetradic

#49CDC9 #8749CD #CD494D #8FCD49

square

#49CDC9 #8749CD #CD494D #8FCD49

split-complementary

#49CDC9 #CD498F #CD8749

monochromatic

#227A77 #2FAAA6 #49CDC9 #79DAD7 #A9E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#49CDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#49CDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDC9

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDC9	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddd9',
    500: '#49cdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cdc9;
$custom-light: #8cddd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77646,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDC9

secondary

#D59D9F

accent

#484CE0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDC9

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

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