#49D5E5#49D5E5

#49D5E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.119 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5E5
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -32.01, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 37.13, 210.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.1069 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.119 206)
XYZ	xyz(40.6786, 54.6575, 82.5196)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5E5 #E55949

analogous

#49E5A7 #49D5E5 #4987E5

triadic

#49D5E5 #E549D5 #D5E549

tetradic

#49D5E5 #A749E5 #E55949 #87E549

square

#49D5E5 #A749E5 #E55949 #87E549

split-complementary

#49D5E5 #E54987 #E5A749

monochromatic

#168F9D #1EC0D3 #49D5E5 #7FE1ED #B4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#49D5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#49D5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5E5

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5E5	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.119 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe2ed',
    500: '#49d5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5e5;
$custom-light: #8fe2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80529,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.54662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5E5

secondary

#A03D32

accent

#4936F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5E5

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

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