#49D6E2#49D6E2

#49D6E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D6E2
RGB	rgb(73, 214, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -33.35, -16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 37.40, 206.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1091 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.119 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5157, 54.9960, 80.4168)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D6E2 #E25549

analogous

#49E2A1 #49D6E2 #4989E2

triadic

#49D6E2 #E249D6 #D6E249

tetradic

#49D6E2 #A149E2 #E25549 #89E249

square

#49D6E2 #A149E2 #E25549 #89E249

split-complementary

#49D6E2 #E24989 #E2A149

monochromatic

#188E98 #21C0CD #49D6E2 #7EE2EA #B3EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D6E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#49D6E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D6E2

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D6E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D6E2	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)

#C6CDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d6e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 214, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe3eb',
    500: '#49d6e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d6e2;
$custom-light: #8fe3eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d6e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.706,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80655,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D6E2

secondary

#9C3B33

accent

#4739EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D6E2

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

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