#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
RGBrgb(73, 216, 229)
HSLhsl(185, 75%, 59%)
HSVhsv(185, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(79.72, -33.43, -17.50)
CIE-LCHlch(79.72, 37.74, 207.63°)
OKLaboklab(81.23% -0.1099 -0.0486)
OKLCHoklch(81.23% 0.12 203.9)
XYZxyz(41.4402, 56.1806, 82.7735)
Luminance0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##49D8E51.001.7212.2412.24
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2421.001.001.00
##00000012.2421.001.001.00

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

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#49D8E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva