#49D0E8#49D0E8

#49D0E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.119 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D0E8
RGB	rgb(73, 208, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 10.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -28.71, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 36.46, 218.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.1008 -0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.119 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.8628, 52.3499, 84.3319)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D0E8 #E86149

analogous

#49E8B1 #49D0E8 #4980E8

triadic

#49D0E8 #E849D0 #D0E849

tetradic

#49D0E8 #B149E8 #E86149 #80E849

square

#49D0E8 #B149E8 #E86149 #80E849

split-complementary

#49D0E8 #E84980 #E8B149

monochromatic

#148DA2 #1BBCD8 #49D0E8 #7FDEEF #B6ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#49D0E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#49D0E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D0E8

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D0E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D0E8	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC9E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B8E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d0e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 208, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.119 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdeef',
    500: '#49d0e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d0e8;
$custom-light: #8fdeef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d0e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.057,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7947,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D0E8

secondary

#A44231

accent

#5134F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D0E8

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

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