#49CDE4#49CDE4

#49CDE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.117 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CDE4
RGB	rgb(73, 205, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 10.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -28.44, -21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 35.87, 217.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0994 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.117 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.5766, 50.6762, 81.1321)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CDE4 #E46049

analogous

#49E4AE #49CDE4 #4980E4

triadic

#49CDE4 #E449CD #CDE449

tetradic

#49CDE4 #AE49E4 #E46049 #80E449

square

#49CDE4 #AE49E4 #E46049 #80E449

split-complementary

#49CDE4 #E44980 #E4AE49

monochromatic

#17889C #1FB6D1 #49CDE4 #7EDCEC #B4EAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#49CDE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#49CDE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CDE4

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CDE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CDE4	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cde4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 205, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.117 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdcec',
    500: '#49cde4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cde4;
$custom-light: #8fdcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cde4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.903,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78614,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CDE4

secondary

#9F4232

accent

#5337F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CDE4

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

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