#49D5EC#49D5EC

#49D5EC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.121 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D5EC
RGB	rgb(73, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -29.94, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 37.29, 216.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.1041 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.121 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6758, 55.0563, 87.7711)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D5EC #EC6049

analogous

#49ECB1 #49D5EC #4983EC

triadic

#49D5EC #EC49D5 #D5EC49

tetradic

#49D5EC #B149EC #EC6049 #83EC49

square

#49D5EC #B149EC #EC6049 #83EC49

split-complementary

#49D5EC #EC4983 #ECB149

monochromatic

#1294A9 #17C4E0 #49D5EC #80E2F2 #B8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#49D5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D5EC

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D5EC	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.121 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e2f2',
    500: '#49d5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d5ec;
$custom-light: #90e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.466,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80791,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D5EC

secondary

#AA402F

accent

#2608DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D5EC

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

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