#49D8D8#49D8D8

#49D8D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8D8
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -37.12, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 38.76, 196.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.1153 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.119 195)
XYZ	xyz(39.6926, 55.4816, 73.5695)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8D8 #D84949

analogous

#49D891 #49D8D8 #4991D8

triadic

#49D8D8 #D849D8 #D8D849

tetradic

#49D8D8 #9149D8 #D84949 #91D849

square

#49D8D8 #9149D8 #D84949 #91D849

split-complementary

#49D8D8 #D84991 #D89149

monochromatic

#1D8989 #28BCBC #49D8D8 #7BE3E3 #AEEEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#49D8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#49D8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8D8

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8D8	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BED9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e4',
    500: '#49d8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8d8;
$custom-light: #8fe4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80779,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.55486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8D8

secondary

#8F3636

accent

#4040E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8D8

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

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