#49D5EB#49D5EB

#49D5EB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5EB
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -30.24, -21.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 37.24, 215.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.1045 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.121 210)
XYZ	xyz(41.5309, 54.9984, 87.0081)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5EB #EB5F49

analogous

#49EBB0 #49D5EB #4984EB

triadic

#49D5EB #EB49D5 #D5EB49

tetradic

#49D5EB #B049EB #EB5F49 #84EB49

square

#49D5EB #B049EB #EB5F49 #84EB49

split-complementary

#49D5EB #EB4984 #EBB049

monochromatic

#1293A7 #18C3DE #49D5EB #80E2F1 #B7EEF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#49D5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5EB

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5EB	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBCEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e2f1',
    500: '#49d5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5eb;
$custom-light: #90e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.148,
    "s": 80.198,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80753,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.55003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5EB

secondary

#A9402F

accent

#2609DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5EB

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

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