#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
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -30.75, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 36.79, 213.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.1046 -0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.119 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3187, 53.7136, 83.0904)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49D3E6	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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