#49D8DB#49D8DB

#49D8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.119 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8DB
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -36.28, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 38.42, 199.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.114 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.119 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0840, 55.6381, 75.6308)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8DB #DB4C49

analogous

#49DB95 #49D8DB #498FDB

triadic

#49D8DB #DB49D8 #D8DB49

tetradic

#49D8DB #9549DB #DB4C49 #8FDB49

square

#49D8DB #9549DB #DB4C49 #8FDB49

split-complementary

#49D8DB #DB498F #DB9549

monochromatic

#1C8B8E #26BEC1 #49D8DB #7CE3E5 #AFEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#49D8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#49D8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8DB

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8DB	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.119 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e6',
    500: '#49d8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8db;
$custom-light: #8fe4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.233,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80882,
    "c": 0.11928,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8DB

secondary

#933735

accent

#413EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8DB

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

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