#49D9C9#49D9C9

#49D9C9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.123 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D9C9
RGB	rgb(73, 217, 201)
HSL	hsl(173, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 0%, 7.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -41.63, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 41.77, 184.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.1228 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.123 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0982, 55.2549, 63.9044)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D9C9 #D94959

analogous

#49D981 #49D9C9 #49A1D9

triadic

#49D9C9 #C949D9 #D9C949

tetradic

#49D9C9 #8149D9 #D94959 #A1D949

square

#49D9C9 #8149D9 #D94959 #A1D949

split-complementary

#49D9C9 #D949A1 #D98149

monochromatic

#1D8B7E #28BDAD #49D9C9 #7CE4D8 #AEEEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#49D9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#49D9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D9C9

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D9C9	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 217, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.123 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee5d9',
    500: '#49d9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d9c9;
$custom-light: #8ee5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80533,
    "c": 0.12315,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D9C9

secondary

#913640

accent

#3F52E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D9C9

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

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