#49D4E2#49D4E2

#49D4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D4E2
RGB	rgb(73, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -32.40, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 36.97, 208.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1072 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.118 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0127, 53.9899, 80.2491)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D4E2 #E25749

analogous

#49E2A3 #49D4E2 #4987E2

triadic

#49D4E2 #E249D4 #D4E249

tetradic

#49D4E2 #A349E2 #E25749 #87E249

square

#49D4E2 #A349E2 #E25749 #87E249

split-complementary

#49D4E2 #E24987 #E2A349

monochromatic

#188D98 #21BDCD #49D4E2 #7EE0EA #B3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#49D4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D4E2

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D4E2	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1eb',
    500: '#49d4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d4e2;
$custom-light: #8fe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.49,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80184,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D4E2

secondary

#9C3D33

accent

#4939EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D4E2

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

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