#49D0E2#49D0E2

#49D0E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.117 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D0E2
RGB	rgb(73, 208, 226)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -30.49, -19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 36.22, 212.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.1032 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.117 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0251, 52.0148, 79.9199)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D0E2 #E25B49

analogous

#49E2A7 #49D0E2 #4983E2

triadic

#49D0E2 #E249D0 #D0E249

tetradic

#49D0E2 #A749E2 #E25B49 #83E249

square

#49D0E2 #A749E2 #E25B49 #83E249

split-complementary

#49D0E2 #E24983 #E2A749

monochromatic

#188998 #21B9CD #49D0E2 #7EDEEA #B3EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#49D0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#49D0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D0E2

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D0E2	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC8E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B8E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 208, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.117 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdeeb',
    500: '#49d0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d0e2;
$custom-light: #8fdeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79243,
    "c": 0.11664,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D0E2

secondary

#9C3F33

accent

#4E39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D0E2

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

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