#49D6E5#49D6E5

#49D6E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D6E5
RGB	rgb(73, 214, 229)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.13, -32.48, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.13, 37.32, 209.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1079 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.119 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.9309, 55.1621, 82.6037)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D6E5 #E55849

analogous

#49E5A6 #49D6E5 #4988E5

triadic

#49D6E5 #E549D6 #D6E549

tetradic

#49D6E5 #A649E5 #E55849 #88E549

square

#49D6E5 #A649E5 #E55849 #88E549

split-complementary

#49D6E5 #E54988 #E5A649

monochromatic

#16909D #1EC1D3 #49D6E5 #7FE2ED #B4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#49D6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#49D6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D6E5

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D6E5	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 214, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3ed',
    500: '#49d6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d6e5;
$custom-light: #90e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.769,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80764,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D6E5

secondary

#A03D32

accent

#4836F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D6E5

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

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