#49CDD8#49CDD8

#49CDD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.113 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDD8
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -31.96, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 35.74, 206.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.1043 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.113 203)
XYZ	xyz(36.9683, 50.0328, 72.6614)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDD8 #D85449

analogous

#49D89B #49CDD8 #4986D8

triadic

#49CDD8 #D849CD #CDD849

tetradic

#49CDD8 #9B49D8 #D85449 #86D849

square

#49CDD8 #9B49D8 #D85449 #86D849

split-complementary

#49CDD8 #D84986 #D89B49

monochromatic

#1D8189 #28B0BC #49CDD8 #7BDBE3 #AEE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#49CDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#49CDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDD8

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDD8	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.113 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddce4',
    500: '#49cdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cdd8;
$custom-light: #8ddce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78167,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.50037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDD8

secondary

#8F3D36

accent

#4D40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDD8

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

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