#49D8DE#49D8DE

#49D8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.119 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8DE
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -35.44, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 38.14, 201.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.1127 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.119 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4825, 55.7975, 77.7295)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8DE #DE4F49

analogous

#49DE99 #49D8DE #498DDE

triadic

#49D8DE #DE49D8 #D8DE49

tetradic

#49D8DE #9949DE #DE4F49 #8DDE49

square

#49D8DE #9949DE #DE4F49 #8DDE49

split-complementary

#49D8DE #DE498D #DE9949

monochromatic

#1A8D92 #24BFC6 #49D8DE #7DE3E7 #B1EEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#49D8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#49D8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8DE

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8DE	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.119 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4e8',
    500: '#49d8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8de;
$custom-light: #8fe4e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80986,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8DE

secondary

#973834

accent

#433CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8DE

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

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