#49D3E2#49D3E2

#49D3E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.118 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3E2
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -31.93, -18.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 36.77, 209.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.1062 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.118 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7635, 53.4915, 80.1660)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3E2 #E25849

analogous

#49E2A4 #49D3E2 #4986E2

triadic

#49D3E2 #E249D3 #D3E249

tetradic

#49D3E2 #A449E2 #E25849 #86E249

square

#49D3E2 #A449E2 #E25849 #86E249

split-complementary

#49D3E2 #E24986 #E2A449

monochromatic

#188C98 #21BCCD #49D3E2 #7EE0EA #B3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#49D3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#49D3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3E2

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3E2	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.118 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1eb',
    500: '#49d3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3e2;
$custom-light: #8fe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.882,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3E2

secondary

#9C3D33

accent

#4A39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3E2

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

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