#49D1E2#49D1E2

#49D1E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D1E2
RGB	rgb(73, 209, 226)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 7.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -30.97, -19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 36.40, 211.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.1042 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.117 207)
XYZ	xyz(39.2697, 52.5039, 80.0014)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D1E2 #E25A49

analogous

#49E2A6 #49D1E2 #4984E2

triadic

#49D1E2 #E249D1 #D1E249

tetradic

#49D1E2 #A649E2 #E25A49 #84E249

square

#49D1E2 #A649E2 #E25A49 #84E249

split-complementary

#49D1E2 #E24984 #E2A649

monochromatic

#188A98 #21BACD #49D1E2 #7EDEEA #B3ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#49D1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#49D1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D1E2

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D1E2	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C9E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB9E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 209, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdfeb',
    500: '#49d1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d1e2;
$custom-light: #8fdfeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.11695,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.52508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D1E2

secondary

#9C3F33

accent

#4D39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D1E2

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

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