#49D8D6#49D8D6

#49D8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.120 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8D6
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 214)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -37.67, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 39.03, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.1161 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.12 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4357, 55.3788, 72.2161)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8D6 #D8494B

analogous

#49D88F #49D8D6 #4993D8

triadic

#49D8D6 #D649D8 #D8D649

tetradic

#49D8D6 #8F49D8 #D8494B #93D849

square

#49D8D6 #8F49D8 #D8494B #93D849

split-complementary

#49D8D6 #D84993 #D88F49

monochromatic

#1D8988 #28BCBA #49D8D6 #7BE3E1 #AEEEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#49D8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#49D8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8D6

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8D6	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.120 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee4e2',
    500: '#49d8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8d6;
$custom-light: #8ee4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.161,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80712,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8D6

secondary

#8F3637

accent

#4042E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8D6

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

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