#49CDD9#49CDD9

#49CDD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDD9
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -31.67, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 35.71, 207.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.1039 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.114 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0979, 50.0847, 73.3444)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDD9 #D95549

analogous

#49D99D #49CDD9 #4985D9

triadic

#49CDD9 #D949CD #CDD949

tetradic

#49CDD9 #9D49D9 #D95549 #85D949

square

#49CDD9 #9D49D9 #D95549 #85D949

split-complementary

#49CDD9 #D94985 #D99D49

monochromatic

#1D828B #28B1BD #49CDD9 #7CDBE4 #AEE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#49CDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#49CDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDD9

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDD9	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edce4',
    500: '#49cdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cdd9;
$custom-light: #8edce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78203,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDD9

secondary

#913D36

accent

#4D3FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDD9

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

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