#49D5D8#49D5D8

#49D5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.117 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5D8
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 216)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -35.73, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 37.85, 199.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.1123 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.118 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9311, 53.9584, 73.3157)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5D8 #D84C49

analogous

#49D894 #49D5D8 #498ED8

triadic

#49D5D8 #D849D5 #D5D849

tetradic

#49D5D8 #9449D8 #D84C49 #8ED849

square

#49D5D8 #9449D8 #D84C49 #8ED849

split-complementary

#49D5D8 #D8498E #D89449

monochromatic

#1D8789 #28B9BC #49D5D8 #7BE1E3 #AEECEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#49D5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5D8

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5D8	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BBD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.117 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee2e4',
    500: '#49d5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5d8;
$custom-light: #8ee2e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.259,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80066,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5D8

secondary

#8F3836

accent

#4440E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5D8

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

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