#49CEDD#49CEDD

#49CEDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.115 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CEDD
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -30.99, -18.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 35.84, 210.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.1032 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.115 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8645, 50.7753, 76.1976)
Luminance	0.5078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CEDD #DD5849

analogous

#49DDA2 #49CEDD #4984DD

triadic

#49CEDD #DD49CE #CEDD49

tetradic

#49CEDD #A249DD #DD5849 #84DD49

square

#49CEDD #A249DD #DD5849 #84DD49

split-complementary

#49CEDD #DD4984 #DDA249

monochromatic

#1B8591 #25B4C4 #49CEDD #7DDCE7 #B0EAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#49CEDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#49CEDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CEDD

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CEDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CEDD	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cedd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.115 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edde7',
    500: '#49cedd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cedd;
$custom-light: #8edde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cedd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.081,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78586,
    "c": 0.11471,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CEDD

secondary

#963E35

accent

#4E3CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CEDD

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

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