#49C9E1#49C9E1

#49C9E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.115 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49C9E1
RGB	rgb(73, 201, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -27.37, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 35.22, 219.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0967 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.115 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2192, 48.6218, 78.6430)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49C9E1 #E16149

analogous

#49E1AD #49C9E1 #497DE1

triadic

#49C9E1 #E149C9 #C9E149

tetradic

#49C9E1 #AD49E1 #E16149 #7DE149

square

#49C9E1 #AD49E1 #E16149 #7DE149

split-complementary

#49C9E1 #E1497D #E1AD49

monochromatic

#198397 #22B0CB #49C9E1 #7ED9EA #B2E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#49C9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#49C9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49C9E1

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49C9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49C9E1	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49c9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 201, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.115 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9ea',
    500: '#49c9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49c9e1;
$custom-light: #8ed9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49c9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7756,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49C9E1

secondary

#E1AEA5

accent

#5639EE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49C9E1

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

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