#49CEE4#49CEE4

#49CEE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.117 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CEE4
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 228)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 9.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -28.92, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 35.99, 216.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.1004 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.117 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8166, 51.1561, 81.2121)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CEE4 #E45F49

analogous

#49E4AD #49CEE4 #4981E4

triadic

#49CEE4 #E449CE #CEE449

tetradic

#49CEE4 #AD49E4 #E45F49 #81E449

square

#49CEE4 #AD49E4 #E45F49 #81E449

split-complementary

#49CEE4 #E44981 #E4AD49

monochromatic

#17899C #1FB8D1 #49CEE4 #7EDCEC #B4EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#49CEE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#49CEE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CEE4

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CEE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CEE4	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.117 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddec',
    500: '#49cee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cee4;
$custom-light: #8fddec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.516,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78849,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CEE4

secondary

#9F4232

accent

#5137F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CEE4

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

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