#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
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 232)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 9.1%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -30.16, -21.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 36.85, 215.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.1038 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.119 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6012, 53.8265, 84.5781)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49D3E8	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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