#49D8CC#49D8CC

#49D8CC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.121 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8CC
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -40.39, -5.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 40.73, 187.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.1204 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.121 187)
XYZ	xyz(38.1976, 54.8835, 65.6955)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8CC #D84955

analogous

#49D885 #49D8CC #499DD8

triadic

#49D8CC #CC49D8 #D8CC49

tetradic

#49D8CC #8549D8 #D84955 #9DD849

square

#49D8CC #8549D8 #D84955 #9DD849

split-complementary

#49D8CC #D8499D #D88549

monochromatic

#1D8980 #28BCAF #49D8CC #7BE3DA #AEEEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#49D8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8CC

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8CC	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.121 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4db',
    500: '#49d8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8cc;
$custom-light: #8ee4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.965,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80386,
    "c": 0.12136,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.54888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8CC

secondary

#8F363D

accent

#404EE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8CC

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

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