#49D5CA#49D5CA

#49D5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.119 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5CA
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -39.58, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 39.97, 188.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.1183 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.119 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1977, 53.2651, 64.1864)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5CA #D54954

analogous

#49D584 #49D5CA #499AD5

triadic

#49D5CA #CA49D5 #D5CA49

tetradic

#49D5CA #8449D5 #D54954 #9AD549

square

#49D5CA #8449D5 #D54954 #9AD549

split-complementary

#49D5CA #D5499A #D58449

monochromatic

#1F857D #2AB7AC #49D5CA #7BE0D8 #ACECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#49D5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5CA

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5CA	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.119 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2da',
    500: '#49d5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5ca;
$custom-light: #8de2da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79602,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5CA

secondary

#8C373D

accent

#424FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5CA

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

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