#49D1E1#49D1E1

#49D1E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.117 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D1E1
RGB	rgb(73, 209, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -31.26, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 36.39, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.1046 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.117 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1329, 52.4492, 79.2809)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D1E1 #E15949

analogous

#49E1A5 #49D1E1 #4985E1

triadic

#49D1E1 #E149D1 #D1E149

tetradic

#49D1E1 #A549E1 #E15949 #85E149

square

#49D1E1 #A549E1 #E15949 #85E149

split-complementary

#49D1E1 #E14985 #E1A549

monochromatic

#198997 #22B9CB #49D1E1 #7EDEEA #B2ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#49D1E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#49D1E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D1E1

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D1E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D1E1	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 209, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.117 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdfea',
    500: '#49d1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d1e1;
$custom-light: #8fdfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79441,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D1E1

secondary

#9B3E33

accent

#4C39EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D1E1

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

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