#49CED5#49CED5

#49CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.113 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CED5
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -33.30, -14.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 36.15, 202.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.1065 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.113 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8239, 50.3590, 70.7175)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CED5 #D55049

analogous

#49D596 #49CED5 #4988D5

triadic

#49CED5 #D549CE #CED549

tetradic

#49CED5 #9649D5 #D55049 #88D549

square

#49CED5 #9649D5 #D55049 #88D549

split-complementary

#49CED5 #D54988 #D59649

monochromatic

#1F8085 #2AB0B7 #49CED5 #7BDBE0 #ACE9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#49CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#49CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CED5

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CED5	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB6D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.113 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddde1',
    500: '#49ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ced5;
$custom-light: #8ddde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78297,
    "c": 0.11348,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CED5

secondary

#8C3B37

accent

#4A42E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CED5

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

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