#49D8CE#49D8CE

#49D8CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8CE
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(176, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -39.86, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 40.34, 188.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.1196 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.121 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4390, 54.9801, 66.9669)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8CE #D84953

analogous

#49D887 #49D8CE #499BD8

triadic

#49D8CE #CE49D8 #D8CE49

tetradic

#49D8CE #8749D8 #D84953 #9BD849

square

#49D8CE #8749D8 #D84953 #9BD849

split-complementary

#49D8CE #D8499B #D88749

monochromatic

#1D8982 #28BCB1 #49D8CE #7BE3DC #AEEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#49D8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8CE

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8CE	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4dc',
    500: '#49d8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8ce;
$custom-light: #8ee4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.804,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8045,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8CE

secondary

#8F363C

accent

#404CE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8CE

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

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