#49D8E1#49D8E1

#49D8E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.120 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8E1
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 225)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -34.58, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 37.92, 204.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.1115 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.12 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8882, 55.9598, 79.8660)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8E1 #E15249

analogous

#49E19E #49D8E1 #498CE1

triadic

#49D8E1 #E149D8 #D8E149

tetradic

#49D8E1 #9E49E1 #E15249 #8CE149

square

#49D8E1 #9E49E1 #E15249 #8CE149

split-complementary

#49D8E1 #E1498C #E19E49

monochromatic

#198F97 #22C1CB #49D8E1 #7EE3EA #B2EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#49D8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#49D8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8E1

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8E1	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.120 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fe4ea',
    500: '#49d8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8e1;
$custom-light: #8fe4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.553,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81091,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8E1

secondary

#9B3933

accent

#4439EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8E1

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

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