#49CCE4#49CCE4

#49CCE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.116 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CCE4
RGB	rgb(73, 204, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -27.94, -22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 35.76, 218.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0985 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.116 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3382, 50.1993, 81.0527)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CCE4 #E46149

analogous

#49E4AF #49CCE4 #497FE4

triadic

#49CCE4 #E449CC #CCE449

tetradic

#49CCE4 #AF49E4 #E46149 #7FE449

square

#49CCE4 #AF49E4 #E46149 #7FE449

split-complementary

#49CCE4 #E4497F #E4AF49

monochromatic

#17879C #1FB5D1 #49CCE4 #7EDBEC #B4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#49CCE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#49CCE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CCE4

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CCE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CCE4	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cce4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 204, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.116 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcec',
    500: '#49cce4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cce4;
$custom-light: #8fdcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cce4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.29,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7838,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CCE4

secondary

#9F4332

accent

#5437F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CCE4

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

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