#49D1E6#49D1E6

#49D1E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.118 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D1E6
RGB	rgb(73, 209, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -29.79, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 36.49, 215.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.1026 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.118 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8250, 52.7260, 82.9258)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D1E6 #E65E49

analogous

#49E6AC #49D1E6 #4983E6

triadic

#49D1E6 #E649D1 #D1E649

tetradic

#49D1E6 #AC49E6 #E65E49 #83E649

square

#49D1E6 #AC49E6 #E65E49 #83E649

split-complementary

#49D1E6 #E64983 #E6AC49

monochromatic

#168C9F #1DBCD5 #49D1E6 #7FDFED #B5ECF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#49D1E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#49D1E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D1E6

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D1E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D1E6	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d1e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 209, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.118 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdfee',
    500: '#49d1e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d1e6;
$custom-light: #8fdfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d1e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.025,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79628,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D1E6

secondary

#A24132

accent

#4F35F2

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D1E6

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

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