#49D5CF#49D5CF

#49D5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5CF
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -38.22, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 39.06, 191.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1161 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.118 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7993, 53.5057, 67.3549)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5CF #D5494F

analogous

#49D589 #49D5CF #4995D5

triadic

#49D5CF #CF49D5 #D5CF49

tetradic

#49D5CF #8949D5 #D5494F #95D549

square

#49D5CF #8949D5 #D5494F #95D549

split-complementary

#49D5CF #D54995 #D58949

monochromatic

#1F8581 #2AB7B1 #49D5CF #7BE0DC #ACECE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#49D5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#49D5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5CF

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5CF	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BBD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2dd',
    500: '#49d5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5cf;
$custom-light: #8ee2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79763,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5CF

secondary

#8C373A

accent

#4249E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5CF

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

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