#49D6EC#49D6EC

#49D6EC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.121 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D6EC
RGB	rgb(73, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -30.43, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 37.42, 215.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.1051 -0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.121 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9281, 55.5609, 87.8552)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D6EC #EC5F49

analogous

#49ECB0 #49D6EC #4984EC

triadic

#49D6EC #EC49D6 #D6EC49

tetradic

#49D6EC #B049EC #EC5F49 #84EC49

square

#49D6EC #B049EC #EC5F49 #84EC49

split-complementary

#49D6EC #EC4984 #ECB049

monochromatic

#1295A9 #17C5E0 #49D6EC #80E2F2 #B8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#49D6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#49D6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D6EC

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D6EC	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.121 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3f2',
    500: '#49d6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d6ec;
$custom-light: #90e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.098,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81025,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D6EC

secondary

#AA402F

accent

#2508DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D6EC

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

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