#49D4E5#49D4E5

#49D4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.119 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D4E5
RGB	rgb(73, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -31.53, -19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 36.95, 211.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.1059 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.119 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.4279, 54.1560, 82.4360)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D4E5 #E55A49

analogous

#49E5A8 #49D4E5 #4986E5

triadic

#49D4E5 #E549D4 #D4E549

tetradic

#49D4E5 #A849E5 #E55A49 #86E549

square

#49D4E5 #A849E5 #E55A49 #86E549

split-complementary

#49D4E5 #E54986 #E5A849

monochromatic

#168E9D #1EBFD3 #49D4E5 #7FE1ED #B4EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#49D4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#49D4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D4E5

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D4E5	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.119 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe1ed',
    500: '#49d4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d4e5;
$custom-light: #8fe1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.538,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80294,
    "c": 0.11868,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D4E5

secondary

#A03E32

accent

#4B36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D4E5

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

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