#49D5C8#49D5C8

#49D5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5C8
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 6.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -40.11, -4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 40.37, 186.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.1192 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.12 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9624, 53.1710, 62.9474)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5C8 #D54956

analogous

#49D582 #49D5C8 #499CD5

triadic

#49D5C8 #C849D5 #D5C849

tetradic

#49D5C8 #8249D5 #D54956 #9CD549

square

#49D5C8 #8249D5 #D54956 #9CD549

split-complementary

#49D5C8 #D5499C #D58249

monochromatic

#1F857B #2AB7AA #49D5C8 #7BE0D7 #ACECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#49D5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5C8

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5C8	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2d8',
    500: '#49d5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5c8;
$custom-light: #8de2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79538,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5C8

secondary

#8C373F

accent

#4251E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5C8

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

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