#49D6ED#49D6ED

#49D6ED is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.122 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D6ED
RGB	rgb(73, 214, 237)
HSL	hsl(188, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -30.13, -22.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 37.46, 216.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.1047 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.122 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0738, 55.6192, 88.6225)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D6ED #ED6049

analogous

#49EDB2 #49D6ED #4984ED

triadic

#49D6ED #ED49D6 #D6ED49

tetradic

#49D6ED #B249ED #ED6049 #84ED49

square

#49D6ED #B249ED #ED6049 #84ED49

split-complementary

#49D6ED #ED4984 #EDB249

monochromatic

#1195AB #16C6E2 #49D6ED #81E3F3 #B8EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#49D6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#49D6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D6ED

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D6ED	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 214, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.122 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3f2',
    500: '#49d6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d6ed;
$custom-light: #90e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.415,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81062,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D6ED

secondary

#AC402E

accent

#2507DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D6ED

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

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