#49D5E4#49D5E4

#49D5E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.119 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5E4
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -32.30, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 37.14, 209.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.1073 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.119 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5394, 54.6018, 81.7864)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5E4 #E45849

analogous

#49E4A5 #49D5E4 #4988E4

triadic

#49D5E4 #E449D5 #D5E449

tetradic

#49D5E4 #A549E4 #E45849 #88E449

square

#49D5E4 #A549E4 #E45849 #88E449

split-complementary

#49D5E4 #E44988 #E4A549

monochromatic

#178F9C #1FC0D1 #49D5E4 #7EE1EC #B4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#49D5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#49D5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5E4

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5E4	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.119 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2ec',
    500: '#49d5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5e4;
$custom-light: #8fe2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80492,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5E4

secondary

#9F3D32

accent

#4937F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5E4

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

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