#49D5DC#49D5DC

#49D5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5DC
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -34.60, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 37.49, 202.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.1106 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.118 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4545, 54.1678, 76.0723)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5DC #DC5049

analogous

#49DC99 #49D5DC #498CDC

triadic

#49D5DC #DC49D5 #D5DC49

tetradic

#49D5DC #9949DC #DC5049 #8CDC49

square

#49D5DC #9949DC #DC5049 #8CDC49

split-complementary

#49D5DC #DC498C #DC9949

monochromatic

#1C8A8F #25BBC2 #49D5DC #7CE1E6 #B0EDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#49D5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#49D5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5DC

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5DC	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2e6',
    500: '#49d5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5dc;
$custom-light: #8fe2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80205,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5DC

secondary

#943935

accent

#453DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5DC

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

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