#49D0E6#49D0E6

#49D0E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.118 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D0E6
RGB	rgb(73, 208, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -29.30, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 36.35, 216.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1016 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.118 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5804, 52.2369, 82.8443)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D0E6 #E65F49

analogous

#49E6AE #49D0E6 #4981E6

triadic

#49D0E6 #E649D0 #D0E649

tetradic

#49D0E6 #AE49E6 #E65F49 #81E649

square

#49D0E6 #AE49E6 #E65F49 #81E649

split-complementary

#49D0E6 #E64981 #E6AE49

monochromatic

#168C9F #1DBBD5 #49D0E6 #7FDEED #B5ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#49D0E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#49D0E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D0E6

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D0E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D0E6	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC9E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 208, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.118 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdeee',
    500: '#49d0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d0e6;
$custom-light: #8fdeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.408,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79394,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D0E6

secondary

#A24132

accent

#5035F2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D0E6

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

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