#49CDD4#49CDD4

#49CDD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.113 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDD4
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 212)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -33.11, -14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 35.96, 202.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.106 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.113 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4574, 49.8285, 69.9711)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDD4 #D45049

analogous

#49D496 #49CDD4 #4987D4

triadic

#49CDD4 #D449CD #CDD449

tetradic

#49CDD4 #9649D4 #D45049 #87D449

square

#49CDD4 #9649D4 #D45049 #87D449

split-complementary

#49CDD4 #D44987 #D49649

monochromatic

#1F7E84 #2BAEB5 #49CDD4 #7BDBE0 #ACE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#49CDD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#49CDD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDD4

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDD4	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC4D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cdd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.113 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce1',
    500: '#49cdd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cdd4;
$custom-light: #8ddce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cdd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.022,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78024,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDD4

secondary

#D9A2A0

accent

#4B43E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDD4

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

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