#49D8DA#49D8DA

#49D8DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8DA
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -36.56, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 38.52, 198.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.1144 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.119 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9528, 55.5856, 74.9396)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8DA #DA4B49

analogous

#49DA94 #49D8DA #498FDA

triadic

#49D8DA #DA49D8 #D8DA49

tetradic

#49D8DA #9449DA #DA4B49 #8FDA49

square

#49D8DA #9449DA #DA4B49 #8FDA49

split-complementary

#49D8DA #DA498F #DA9449

monochromatic

#1C8B8C #27BDBF #49D8DA #7CE3E4 #AFEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#49D8DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#49D8DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8DA

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8DA	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e5',
    500: '#49d8da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8da;
$custom-light: #8fe4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.828,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80847,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8DA

secondary

#923735

accent

#413FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8DA

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

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