#49D3E5#49D3E5

#49D3E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.118 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3E5
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -31.05, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 36.77, 212.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.105 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.118 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1787, 53.6576, 82.3530)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3E5 #E55B49

analogous

#49E5A9 #49D3E5 #4985E5

triadic

#49D3E5 #E549D3 #D3E549

tetradic

#49D3E5 #A949E5 #E55B49 #85E549

square

#49D3E5 #A949E5 #E55B49 #85E549

split-complementary

#49D3E5 #E54985 #E5A949

monochromatic

#168E9D #1EBED3 #49D3E5 #7FE0ED #B4EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#49D3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#49D3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3E5

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3E5	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.118 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ed',
    500: '#49d3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3e5;
$custom-light: #8fe1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80059,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3E5

secondary

#A03F32

accent

#4C36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3E5

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

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