#49CAE0#49CAE0

#49CAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.114 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CAE0
RGB	rgb(73, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, -28.16, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 35.27, 217.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.76% -0.0981 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(77.76% 0.114 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3170, 49.0351, 78.0046)
Luminance	0.4904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CAE0 #E05F49

analogous

#49E0AB #49CAE0 #497EE0

triadic

#49CAE0 #E049CA #CAE049

tetradic

#49CAE0 #AB49E0 #E05F49 #7EE049

square

#49CAE0 #AB49E0 #E05F49 #7EE049

split-complementary

#49CAE0 #E0497E #E0AB49

monochromatic

#198395 #22B1C9 #49CAE0 #7DD9E9 #B2E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#49CAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#49CAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CAE0

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CAE0	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.114 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edae9',
    500: '#49cae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cae0;
$custom-light: #8edae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.742,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77756,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CAE0

secondary

#E0ADA4

accent

#543AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CAE0

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

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