#49D3DE#49D3DE

#49D3DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.117 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3DE
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 222)
HSL	hsl(184, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -33.08, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 36.88, 206.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.1078 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.117 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2210, 53.2745, 77.3090)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3DE #DE5449

analogous

#49DE9F #49D3DE #4988DE

triadic

#49D3DE #DE49D3 #D3DE49

tetradic

#49D3DE #9F49DE #DE5449 #88DE49

square

#49D3DE #9F49DE #DE5449 #88DE49

split-complementary

#49D3DE #DE4988 #DE9F49

monochromatic

#1A8992 #24BAC6 #49D3DE #7DE0E7 #B1ECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D3DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#49D3DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3DE

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3DE	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CADF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBADF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.117 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1e8',
    500: '#49d3de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3de;
$custom-light: #8fe1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.43,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79803,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3DE

secondary

#973C34

accent

#493CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3DE

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

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