#49D8E5#49D8E5

#49D8E5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.120 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8E5
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 229)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -33.43, -17.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 37.74, 207.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1099 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.12 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4402, 56.1806, 82.7735)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8E5 #E55649

analogous

#49E5A4 #49D8E5 #498AE5

triadic

#49D8E5 #E549D8 #D8E549

tetradic

#49D8E5 #A449E5 #E55649 #8AE549

square

#49D8E5 #A449E5 #E55649 #8AE549

split-complementary

#49D8E5 #E5498A #E5A449

monochromatic

#16929D #1EC4D3 #49D8E5 #7FE3ED #B4EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#49D8E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#49D8E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8E5

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8E5	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CFE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.120 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4ed',
    500: '#49d8e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8e5;
$custom-light: #90e4ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81234,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8E5

secondary

#A03B32

accent

#4636F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8E5

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

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