#49CED8#49CED8

#49CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.114 H 202.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CED8
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -32.44, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 35.97, 205.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.1053 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.114 202.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.2082, 50.5128, 72.7414)
Luminance	0.5052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CED8 #D85349

analogous

#49D89B #49CED8 #4987D8

triadic

#49CED8 #D849CE #CED849

tetradic

#49CED8 #9B49D8 #D85349 #87D849

square

#49CED8 #9B49D8 #D85349 #87D849

split-complementary

#49CED8 #D84987 #D89B49

monochromatic

#1D8289 #28B1BC #49CED8 #7BDCE3 #AEE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#49CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#49CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CED8

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CED8	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)

#BFC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.114 202.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edde4',
    500: '#49ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49ced8;
$custom-light: #8edde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.196,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78404,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 202.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CED8

secondary

#8F3C36

accent

#4C40E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CED8

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

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