#49D4E3#49D4E3

#49D4E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D4E3
RGB	rgb(73, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -32.11, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 36.96, 209.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.1067 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.118 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1503, 54.0449, 80.9738)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D4E3 #E35849

analogous

#49E3A5 #49D4E3 #4987E3

triadic

#49D4E3 #E349D4 #D4E349

tetradic

#49D4E3 #A549E3 #E35849 #87E349

square

#49D4E3 #A549E3 #E35849 #87E349

split-complementary

#49D4E3 #E34987 #E3A549

monochromatic

#188D9A #20BECF #49D4E3 #7EE1EB #B3EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#49D4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D4E3

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D4E3	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)

#C3CCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1eb',
    500: '#49d4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d4e3;
$custom-light: #8fe1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.844,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80221,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D4E3

secondary

#9E3D33

accent

#4A38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D4E3

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

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