#49CED9#49CED9

#49CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.114 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CED9
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, -32.15, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 35.93, 206.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.1049 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.114 203)
XYZ	xyz(37.3379, 50.5646, 73.4243)
Luminance	0.5057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CED9 #D95449

analogous

#49D99C #49CED9 #4986D9

triadic

#49CED9 #D949CE #CED949

tetradic

#49CED9 #9C49D9 #D95449 #86D949

square

#49CED9 #9C49D9 #D95449 #86D949

split-complementary

#49CED9 #D94986 #D99C49

monochromatic

#1D828B #28B2BD #49CED9 #7CDCE4 #AEE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#49CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#49CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CED9

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CED9	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.114 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edde4',
    500: '#49ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ced9;
$custom-light: #8edde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.583,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.50569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CED9

secondary

#913D36

accent

#4C3FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CED9

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

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