#49D5CD#49D5CD

#49D5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5CD
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -38.77, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 39.40, 190.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.117 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.119 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5563, 53.4085, 66.0753)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5CD #D54951

analogous

#49D587 #49D5CD #4997D5

triadic

#49D5CD #CD49D5 #D5CD49

tetradic

#49D5CD #8749D5 #D54951 #97D549

square

#49D5CD #8749D5 #D54951 #97D549

split-complementary

#49D5CD #D54997 #D58749

monochromatic

#1F857F #2AB7AF #49D5CD #7BE0DB #ACECE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#49D5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5CD

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5CD	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dc',
    500: '#49d5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5cd;
$custom-light: #8de2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79698,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5CD

secondary

#8C373B

accent

#424CE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5CD

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

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