#49D8CB#49D8CB

#49D8CB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8CB
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 203)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -40.66, -4.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 40.94, 186.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1209 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.122 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0780, 54.8357, 65.0659)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8CB #D84956

analogous

#49D883 #49D8CB #499ED8

triadic

#49D8CB #CB49D8 #D8CB49

tetradic

#49D8CB #8349D8 #D84956 #9ED849

square

#49D8CB #8349D8 #D84956 #9ED849

split-complementary

#49D8CB #D8499E #D88349

monochromatic

#1D897F #28BCAE #49D8CB #7BE3D9 #AEEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#49D8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8CB

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8CB	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4da',
    500: '#49d8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8cb;
$custom-light: #8ee4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80355,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8CB

secondary

#8F363E

accent

#404FE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8CB

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

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