#49CDE0#49CDE0

#49CDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.115 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDE0
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, -29.62, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 35.70, 213.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.101 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.115 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0278, 50.4566, 78.2415)
Luminance	0.5046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDE0 #E05C49

analogous

#49E0A8 #49CDE0 #4981E0

triadic

#49CDE0 #E049CD #CDE049

tetradic

#49CDE0 #A849E0 #E05C49 #81E049

square

#49CDE0 #A849E0 #E05C49 #81E049

split-complementary

#49CDE0 #E04981 #E0A849

monochromatic

#198695 #22B4C9 #49CDE0 #7DDBE9 #B2EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#49CDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#49CDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDE0

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDE0	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.115 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edce9',
    500: '#49cde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cde0;
$custom-light: #8edce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.55,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78462,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDE0

secondary

#9A4034

accent

#513AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDE0

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

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