#49D1E8#49D1E8

#49D1E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.119 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D1E8
RGB	rgb(73, 209, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 9.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -29.19, -22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 36.58, 217.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.1018 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.119 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1074, 52.8390, 84.4135)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D1E8 #E86049

analogous

#49E8AF #49D1E8 #4982E8

triadic

#49D1E8 #E849D1 #D1E849

tetradic

#49D1E8 #AF49E8 #E86049 #82E849

square

#49D1E8 #AF49E8 #E86049 #82E849

split-complementary

#49D1E8 #E84982 #E8AF49

monochromatic

#148EA2 #1BBDD8 #49D1E8 #7FDFEF #B6ECF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#49D1E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#49D1E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D1E8

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D1E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D1E8	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BECAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B9E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d1e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 209, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.119 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdfef',
    500: '#49d1e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d1e8;
$custom-light: #8fdfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d1e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.679,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79704,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D1E8

secondary

#A44131

accent

#5034F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D1E8

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

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