#49D5DB#49D5DB

#49D5DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5DB
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -34.88, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 37.57, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.111 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.118 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3224, 54.1150, 75.3769)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5DB #DB4F49

analogous

#49DB98 #49D5DB #498CDB

triadic

#49D5DB #DB49D5 #D5DB49

tetradic

#49D5DB #9849DB #DB4F49 #8CDB49

square

#49D5DB #9849DB #DB4F49 #8CDB49

split-complementary

#49D5DB #DB498C #DB9849

monochromatic

#1C898E #26BAC1 #49D5DB #7CE1E5 #AFEDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D5DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#49D5DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5DB

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5DB	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BBDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2e6',
    500: '#49d5db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5db;
$custom-light: #8fe2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8017,
    "c": 0.11757,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5DB

secondary

#933935

accent

#453EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5DB

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

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