#49D8DD#49D8DD

#49D8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.119 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8DD
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -35.72, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 38.22, 200.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.1132 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.119 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3489, 55.7441, 77.0258)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8DD #DD4E49

analogous

#49DD98 #49D8DD #498EDD

triadic

#49D8DD #DD49D8 #D8DD49

tetradic

#49D8DD #9849DD #DD4E49 #8EDD49

square

#49D8DD #9849DD #DD4E49 #8EDD49

split-complementary

#49D8DD #DD498E #DD9849

monochromatic

#1B8D91 #25BFC4 #49D8DD #7DE3E7 #B0EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#49D8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#49D8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8DD

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8DD	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.119 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e7',
    500: '#49d8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8dd;
$custom-light: #8fe4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.027,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80951,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8DD

secondary

#963835

accent

#423CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8DD

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

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