#49D3E8#49D3E8

#49D3E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.119 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49D3E8
RGBrgb(73, 211, 232)
HSLhsl(188, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(188, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.36, -30.16, -21.16)
CIE-LCHlch(78.36, 36.85, 215.05°)
OKLaboklab(80.17% -0.1038 -0.0588)
OKLCHoklch(80.17% 0.119 209.5)
XYZxyz(40.6012, 53.8265, 84.5781)
Luminance0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49D3E8 #E85E49
analogous
#49E8AE #49D3E8 #4983E8
triadic
#49D3E8 #E849D3 #D3E849
tetradic
#49D3E8 #AE49E8 #E85E49 #83E849
square
#49D3E8 #AE49E8 #E85E49 #83E849
split-complementary
#49D3E8 #E84983 #E8AE49
monochromatic
#148FA2 #1BBFD8 #49D3E8 #7FE0EF #B6EDF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78
#49D3E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77
#49D3E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3E8
11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49D3E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49D3E81.001.7811.7711.77
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7721.001.001.00
##00000011.7721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1CBE9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AABBE8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDD9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49d3e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.119 209.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e1ef',
    500: '#49d3e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49d3e8;
$custom-light: #90e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49d3e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80172,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49D3E8
secondary
#A44031
accent
#4D34F4
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3E8

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#49D3E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva