#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
RGBrgb(73, 201, 225)
HSLhsl(189, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(189, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 10.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(75.22, -27.37, -22.18)
CIE-LCHlch(75.22, 35.22, 219.02°)
OKLaboklab(77.56% -0.0967 -0.0617)
OKLCHoklch(77.56% 0.115 212.5)
XYZxyz(37.2192, 48.6218, 78.6430)
Luminance0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49C9E11.001.9610.7310.73
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7321.001.001.00
##00000010.7321.001.001.00

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

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#49C9E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva