#49D3EC#49D3EC

#49D3EC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D3EC
RGB	rgb(73, 211, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 10.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -28.97, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 37.05, 218.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.1022 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.121 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1758, 54.0564, 87.6045)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D3EC #EC6249

analogous

#49ECB3 #49D3EC #4982EC

triadic

#49D3EC #EC49D3 #D3EC49

tetradic

#49D3EC #B349EC #EC6249 #82EC49

square

#49D3EC #B349EC #EC6249 #82EC49

split-complementary

#49D3EC #EC4982 #ECB349

monochromatic

#1292A9 #17C2E0 #49D3EC #80E0F2 #B8EEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#49D3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D3EC

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D3EC	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFCCED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8BBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 211, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e0f2',
    500: '#49d3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d3ec;
$custom-light: #90e0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.202,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80325,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D3EC

secondary

#AA422F

accent

#2908DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D3EC

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

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