#49D3E4#49D3E4

#49D3E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.118 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3E4
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -31.34, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 36.76, 211.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.1054 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.118 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0395, 53.6019, 81.6198)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3E4 #E45A49

analogous

#49E4A8 #49D3E4 #4986E4

triadic

#49D3E4 #E449D3 #D3E449

tetradic

#49D3E4 #A849E4 #E45A49 #86E449

square

#49D3E4 #A849E4 #E45A49 #86E449

split-complementary

#49D3E4 #E44986 #E4A849

monochromatic

#178D9C #1FBDD1 #49D3E4 #7EE0EC #B4EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#49D3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#49D3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3E4

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3E4	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CBE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.118 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ec',
    500: '#49d3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3e4;
$custom-light: #8fe1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.581,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80022,
    "c": 0.1181,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3E4

secondary

#9F3E32

accent

#4B37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3E4

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

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