#49D5CE#49D5CE

#49D5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.118 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5CE
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -38.50, -7.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 39.23, 191.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1166 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.118 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6774, 53.4570, 66.7131)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5CE #D54950

analogous

#49D588 #49D5CE #4996D5

triadic

#49D5CE #CE49D5 #D5CE49

tetradic

#49D5CE #8849D5 #D54950 #96D549

square

#49D5CE #8849D5 #D54950 #96D549

split-complementary

#49D5CE #D54996 #D58849

monochromatic

#1F8580 #2AB7B0 #49D5CE #7BE0DB #ACECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#49D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5CE

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5CE	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.118 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de2dc',
    500: '#49d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5ce;
$custom-light: #8de2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79731,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5CE

secondary

#8C373B

accent

#424AE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5CE

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

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