#49D3C4#49D3C4

#49D3C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.119 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3C4
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 196)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -40.27, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 40.42, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.1189 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.119 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0011, 51.9865, 60.3509)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3C4 #D34958

analogous

#49D37F #49D3C4 #499DD3

triadic

#49D3C4 #C449D3 #D3C449

tetradic

#49D3C4 #7F49D3 #D34958 #9DD349

square

#49D3C4 #7F49D3 #D34958 #9DD349

split-complementary

#49D3C4 #D3499D #D37F49

monochromatic

#1F8277 #2BB3A5 #49D3C4 #7ADFD4 #ACEBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#49D3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#49D3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3C4

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3C4	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C8C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B9C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.119 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de1d5',
    500: '#49d3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3c4;
$custom-light: #8de1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.478,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78931,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3C4

secondary

#893740

accent

#4455E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3C4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →