#49D4E4#49D4E4

#49D4E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.118 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D4E4
RGB	rgb(73, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -31.82, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 36.95, 210.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.1063 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.118 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2887, 54.1003, 81.7028)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D4E4 #E45949

analogous

#49E4A7 #49D4E4 #4986E4

triadic

#49D4E4 #E449D4 #D4E449

tetradic

#49D4E4 #A749E4 #E45949 #86E449

square

#49D4E4 #A749E4 #E45949 #86E449

split-complementary

#49D4E4 #E44986 #E4A749

monochromatic

#178E9C #1FBED1 #49D4E4 #7EE1EC #B4EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#49D4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#49D4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D4E4

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D4E4	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.118 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ec',
    500: '#49d4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d4e4;
$custom-light: #8fe1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.194,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80257,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D4E4

secondary

#9F3E32

accent

#4A37F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D4E4

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

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