#49D2E4#49D2E4

#49D2E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.118 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D2E4
RGB	rgb(73, 210, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -30.86, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 36.59, 212.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.1044 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.118 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7918, 53.1066, 81.5372)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D2E4 #E45B49

analogous

#49E4A9 #49D2E4 #4985E4

triadic

#49D2E4 #E449D2 #D2E449

tetradic

#49D2E4 #A949E4 #E45B49 #85E449

square

#49D2E4 #A949E4 #E45B49 #85E449

split-complementary

#49D2E4 #E44985 #E4A949

monochromatic

#178C9C #1FBCD1 #49D2E4 #7EDFEC #B4ECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#49D2E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#49D2E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D2E4

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D2E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D2E4	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AABAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d2e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 210, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.118 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe0ec',
    500: '#49d2e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d2e4;
$custom-light: #8fe0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d2e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.968,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79787,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D2E4

secondary

#9F3F32

accent

#4D37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D2E4

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

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