#49D7E4#49D7E4

#49D7E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.120 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D7E4
RGB	rgb(73, 215, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -33.25, -17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 37.55, 207.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1093 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.12 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0456, 55.6141, 81.9551)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D7E4 #E45649

analogous

#49E4A4 #49D7E4 #498AE4

triadic

#49D7E4 #E449D7 #D7E449

tetradic

#49D7E4 #A449E4 #E45649 #8AE449

square

#49D7E4 #A449E4 #E45649 #8AE449

split-complementary

#49D7E4 #E4498A #E4A449

monochromatic

#17909C #1FC2D1 #49D7E4 #7EE3EC #B4EEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#49D7E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#49D7E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D7E4

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D7E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D7E4	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)

#C6CEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d7e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 215, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.120 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e3ec',
    500: '#49d7e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d7e4;
$custom-light: #90e3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d7e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.032,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80963,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D7E4

secondary

#9F3B32

accent

#4737F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D7E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →