#49C8DE#49C8DE

#49C8DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.113 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C8DE
RGB	rgb(73, 200, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -27.77, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 34.91, 217.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0969 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.113 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5812, 47.9948, 76.4291)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C8DE #DE5F49

analogous

#49DEA9 #49C8DE #497DDE

triadic

#49C8DE #DE49C8 #C8DE49

tetradic

#49C8DE #A949DE #DE5F49 #7DDE49

square

#49C8DE #A949DE #DE5F49 #7DDE49

split-complementary

#49C8DE #DE497D #DEA949

monochromatic

#1A8092 #24AEC6 #49C8DE #7DD8E7 #B1E7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#49C8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#49C8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C8DE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C8DE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 200, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.113 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e8',
    500: '#49c8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c8de;
$custom-light: #8ed9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.859,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77209,
    "c": 0.11332,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C8DE

secondary

#DFACA4

accent

#563CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C8DE

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

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