#49CDE1#49CDE1

#49CDE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.116 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDE1
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 225)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -29.33, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 35.73, 214.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.1006 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.116 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1638, 50.5110, 78.9578)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDE1 #E15D49

analogous

#49E1A9 #49CDE1 #4981E1

triadic

#49CDE1 #E149CD #CDE149

tetradic

#49CDE1 #A949E1 #E15D49 #81E149

square

#49CDE1 #A949E1 #E15D49 #81E149

split-complementary

#49CDE1 #E14981 #E1A949

monochromatic

#198697 #22B5CB #49CDE1 #7EDBEA #B2EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#49CDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#49CDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDE1

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDE1	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.116 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edcea',
    500: '#49cde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cde1;
$custom-light: #8edcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.895,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.785,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDE1

secondary

#9B4133

accent

#5139EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDE1

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

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