#49D9DB#49D9DB

#49D9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D9DB
RGB	rgb(73, 217, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -36.74, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 38.71, 198.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.115 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.12 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3410, 56.1520, 75.7165)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D9DB #DB4B49

analogous

#49DB94 #49D9DB #4990DB

triadic

#49D9DB #DB49D9 #D9DB49

tetradic

#49D9DB #9449DB #DB4B49 #90DB49

square

#49D9DB #9449DB #DB4B49 #90DB49

split-complementary

#49D9DB #DB4990 #DB9449

monochromatic

#1C8C8E #26BFC1 #49D9DB #7CE4E5 #AFEEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#49D9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#49D9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D9DB

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D9DB	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 217, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe5e6',
    500: '#49d9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d9db;
$custom-light: #8fe5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81119,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D9DB

secondary

#933635

accent

#403EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D9DB

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

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