#49D3DC#49D3DC

#49D3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.117 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3DC
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -33.66, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 36.98, 204.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1086 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.117 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9545, 53.1679, 75.9057)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3DC #DC5249

analogous

#49DC9B #49D3DC #498ADC

triadic

#49D3DC #DC49D3 #D3DC49

tetradic

#49D3DC #9B49DC #DC5249 #8ADC49

square

#49D3DC #9B49DC #DC5249 #8ADC49

split-complementary

#49D3DC #DC498A #DC9B49

monochromatic

#1C888F #25B9C2 #49D3DC #7CDFE6 #B0ECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#49D3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3DC

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3DC	1.00	1.80	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.117 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee1e6',
    500: '#49d3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3dc;
$custom-light: #8ee1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79732,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3DC

secondary

#943B35

accent

#483DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3DC

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

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