#49D6E4#49D6E4

#49D6E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D6E4
RGB	rgb(73, 214, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 6.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -32.77, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 37.34, 208.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.1083 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.119 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7917, 55.1064, 81.8705)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D6E4 #E45749

analogous

#49E4A5 #49D6E4 #4989E4

triadic

#49D6E4 #E449D6 #D6E449

tetradic

#49D6E4 #A549E4 #E45749 #89E449

square

#49D6E4 #A549E4 #E45749 #89E449

split-complementary

#49D6E4 #E44989 #E4A549

monochromatic

#17909C #1FC1D1 #49D6E4 #7EE2EC #B4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#49D6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D6E4

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D6E4	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 214, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe3ec',
    500: '#49d6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d6e4;
$custom-light: #8fe3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.419,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80728,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D6E4

secondary

#9F3C32

accent

#4837F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D6E4

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

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