#49D5DD#49D5DD

#49D5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5DD
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -34.32, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 37.42, 203.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1102 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.118 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.5873, 54.2209, 76.7719)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5DD #DD5149

analogous

#49DD9B #49D5DD #498BDD

triadic

#49D5DD #DD49D5 #D5DD49

tetradic

#49D5DD #9B49DD #DD5149 #8BDD49

square

#49D5DD #9B49DD #DD5149 #8BDD49

split-complementary

#49D5DD #DD498B #DD9B49

monochromatic

#1B8A91 #25BCC4 #49D5DD #7DE1E7 #B0EDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#49D5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#49D5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5DD

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5DD	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2e7',
    500: '#49d5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5dd;
$custom-light: #8fe2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80241,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5DD

secondary

#963A35

accent

#463CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5DD

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

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