#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
RGBrgb(73, 216, 202)
HSLhsl(174, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(174, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.92, -40.92, -4.26)
CIE-LCHlch(78.92, 41.15, 185.95°)
OKLaboklab(80.32% -0.1213 -0.0122)
OKLCHoklch(80.32% 0.122 185.7)
XYZxyz(37.9592, 54.7882, 64.4403)
Luminance0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49D8CA1.001.7611.9611.96
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9621.001.001.00
##00000011.9621.001.001.00

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

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#49D8CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva