#49D7C9#49D7C9
#49D7C9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.121 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #49D7C9 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(73, 215, 201) |
| HSL | hsl(174, 64%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(174, 66%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(66%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.60, -40.74, -4.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.60, 40.96, 185.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.05% -0.1208 -0.012) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.05% 0.121 185.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.5858, 54.2302, 63.7336) |
| Luminance | 0.5423 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | cool |
| Family | teal |
Closest named colors
Turquoise
#40E0D0
ΔE00 2.19
Mediumturquoise
#48D1CC
ΔE00 3.35
Darkturquoise
#00CED1
ΔE00 6.27
Turquoise (survey)
#06C2AC
ΔE00 6.56
Seafoam Blue
#78D1B6
ΔE00 6.68
Aqua (survey)
#13EAC9
ΔE00 6.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#49D7C9 #D74957
analogous
#49D782 #49D7C9 #499ED7
triadic
#49D7C9 #C949D7 #D7C949
tetradic
#49D7C9 #8249D7 #D74957 #9ED749
square
#49D7C9 #8249D7 #D74957 #9ED749
split-complementary
#49D7C9 #D7499E #D78249
monochromatic
#1E887D #29BAAC #49D7C9 #7BE2D8 #ADEDE7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.77
#49D7C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.85
#49D7C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #49D7C9
11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##49D7C9 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##49D7C9 | 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)
#CCCBC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7BCCB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCD2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #49d7c9; /* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 215, 201); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.121 185.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#8de4d9',
500: '#49d7c9',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #49d7c9; $custom-light: #8de4d9; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#49d7c9",
"rgb": {
"r": 73,
"g": 215,
"b": 201
},
"hsl": {
"h": 174.085,
"s": 63.964,
"l": 56.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.80051,
"c": 0.12136,
"h": 185.7
},
"luminance": 0.54234
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#49D7C9
secondary
#8E363F
accent
#4151E7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFB
border
#CFD5D4
text
#0E1514
muted
#7F8483