#49D1E5#49D1E5

#49D1E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D1E5
RGB	rgb(73, 209, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -30.08, -20.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 36.45, 214.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.103 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.118 209)
XYZ	xyz(39.6849, 52.6700, 82.1884)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D1E5 #E55D49

analogous

#49E5AB #49D1E5 #4983E5

triadic

#49D1E5 #E549D1 #D1E549

tetradic

#49D1E5 #AB49E5 #E55D49 #83E549

square

#49D1E5 #AB49E5 #E55D49 #83E549

split-complementary

#49D1E5 #E54983 #E5AB49

monochromatic

#168C9D #1EBCD3 #49D1E5 #7FDFED #B4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#49D1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#49D1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D1E5

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D1E5	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC9E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B9E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 209, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdfed',
    500: '#49d1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d1e5;
$custom-light: #8fdfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7959,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.52675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D1E5

secondary

#A04032

accent

#4E36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D1E5

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

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