#49D3E6#49D3E6

#49D3E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.119 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49D3E6
RGBrgb(73, 211, 230)
HSLhsl(187, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(187, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(78.29, -30.75, -20.19)
CIE-LCHlch(78.29, 36.79, 213.28°)
OKLaboklab(80.1% -0.1046 -0.0561)
OKLCHoklch(80.1% 0.119 208.2)
XYZxyz(40.3187, 53.7136, 83.0904)
Luminance0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49D3E6 #E65C49
analogous
#49E6AB #49D3E6 #4985E6
triadic
#49D3E6 #E649D3 #D3E649
tetradic
#49D3E6 #AB49E6 #E65C49 #85E649
square
#49D3E6 #AB49E6 #E65C49 #85E649
split-complementary
#49D3E6 #E64985 #E6AB49
monochromatic
#168E9F #1DBED5 #49D3E6 #7FE0ED #B5EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#49D3E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74
#49D3E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3E6
11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49D3E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49D3E61.001.7911.7411.74
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7421.001.001.00
##00000011.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1CBE7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ABBBE6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCD9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49d3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.119 208.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ee',
    500: '#49d3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49d3e6;
$custom-light: #8fe1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49d3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.261,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80097,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49D3E6
secondary
#A23F32
accent
#4C35F2
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3E6

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#49D3E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva