#49D3E1#49D3E1

#49D3E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.117 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3E1
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -32.22, -17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 36.79, 208.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1066 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.117 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6266, 53.4367, 79.4455)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3E1 #E15749

analogous

#49E1A3 #49D3E1 #4987E1

triadic

#49D3E1 #E149D3 #D3E149

tetradic

#49D3E1 #A349E1 #E15749 #87E149

square

#49D3E1 #A349E1 #E15749 #87E149

split-complementary

#49D3E1 #E14987 #E1A349

monochromatic

#198B97 #22BCCB #49D3E1 #7EE0EA #B2ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#49D3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#49D3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3E1

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3E1	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.117 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ea',
    500: '#49d3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3e1;
$custom-light: #8fe1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.526,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79912,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3E1

secondary

#9B3D33

accent

#4A39EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3E1

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

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