#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
RGBrgb(73, 216, 221)
HSLhsl(182, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.47, -35.72, -13.61)
CIE-LCHlch(79.47, 38.22, 200.85°)
OKLaboklab(80.95% -0.1132 -0.0377)
OKLCHoklch(80.95% 0.119 198.4)
XYZxyz(40.3489, 55.7441, 77.0258)
Luminance0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49D8DD1.001.7312.1512.15
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1521.001.001.00
##00000012.1521.001.001.00

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

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#49D8DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva