#49D5E1#49D5E1

#49D5E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.118 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5E1
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 225)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -33.17, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 37.21, 206.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1085 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.118 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1266, 54.4366, 79.6121)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5E1 #E15549

analogous

#49E1A1 #49D5E1 #4989E1

triadic

#49D5E1 #E149D5 #D5E149

tetradic

#49D5E1 #A149E1 #E15549 #89E149

square

#49D5E1 #A149E1 #E15549 #89E149

split-complementary

#49D5E1 #E14989 #E1A149

monochromatic

#198D97 #22BECB #49D5E1 #7EE1EA #B2EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#49D5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#49D5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5E1

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5E1	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.118 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2ea',
    500: '#49d5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5e1;
$custom-light: #8fe2ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5E1

secondary

#9B3C33

accent

#4839EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5E1

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

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