#49D8CA#49D8CA

#49D8CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.122 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8CA
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(174, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -40.92, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 41.15, 185.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.1213 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.122 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9592, 54.7882, 64.4403)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8CA #D84957

analogous

#49D883 #49D8CA #499FD8

triadic

#49D8CA #CA49D8 #D8CA49

tetradic

#49D8CA #8349D8 #D84957 #9FD849

square

#49D8CA #8349D8 #D84957 #9FD849

split-complementary

#49D8CA #D8499F #D88349

monochromatic

#1D897F #28BCAD #49D8CA #7BE3D9 #AEEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#49D8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#49D8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8CA

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8CA	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.122 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4da',
    500: '#49d8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8ca;
$custom-light: #8ee4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.126,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80323,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8CA

secondary

#8F363F

accent

#4051E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8CA

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

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