#49CEE2#49CEE2

#49CEE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.116 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CEE2
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 226)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 8.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -29.52, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 35.91, 214.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.1012 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.116 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5406, 51.0457, 79.7584)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CEE2 #E25D49

analogous

#49E2A9 #49CEE2 #4981E2

triadic

#49CEE2 #E249CE #CEE249

tetradic

#49CEE2 #A949E2 #E25D49 #81E249

square

#49CEE2 #A949E2 #E25D49 #81E249

split-complementary

#49CEE2 #E24981 #E2A949

monochromatic

#188898 #21B7CD #49CEE2 #7EDCEA #B3EAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#49CEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#49CEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CEE2

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CEE2	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.116 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddeb',
    500: '#49cee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cee2;
$custom-light: #8fddeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.843,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78773,
    "c": 0.1161,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CEE2

secondary

#9C4133

accent

#5039EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CEE2

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

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