#49CEE6#49CEE6

#49CEE6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.118 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49CEE6
RGB	rgb(73, 206, 230)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -28.33, -22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 36.11, 218.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0996 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.118 212)
XYZ	xyz(39.0958, 51.2678, 82.6828)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49CEE6 #E66149

analogous

#49E6B0 #49CEE6 #4980E6

triadic

#49CEE6 #E649CE #CEE649

tetradic

#49CEE6 #B049E6 #E66149 #80E649

square

#49CEE6 #B049E6 #E66149 #80E649

split-complementary

#49CEE6 #E64980 #E6B049

monochromatic

#168A9F #1DB9D5 #49CEE6 #7FDCED #B5EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#49CEE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#49CEE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49CEE6

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49CEE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49CEE6	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B7E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49cee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 206, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.118 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fddee',
    500: '#49cee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49cee6;
$custom-light: #8fddee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49cee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.172,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78925,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.51272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49CEE6

secondary

#A24332

accent

#5235F2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49CEE6

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

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