#49D8E9#49D8E9

#49D8E9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.121 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49D8E9
RGBrgb(73, 216, 233)
HSLhsl(186, 78%, 60%)
HSVhsv(186, 69%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(79.84, -32.27, -19.44)
CIE-LCHlch(79.84, 37.68, 211.07°)
OKLaboklab(81.38% -0.1082 -0.054)
OKLCHoklch(81.38% 0.121 206.5)
XYZxyz(42.0051, 56.4066, 85.7488)
Luminance0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49D8E9 #E95A49
analogous
#49E9AA #49D8E9 #4988E9
triadic
#49D8E9 #E949D8 #D8E949
tetradic
#49D8E9 #AA49E9 #E95A49 #88E949
square
#49D8E9 #AA49E9 #E95A49 #88E949
split-complementary
#49D8E9 #E94988 #E9AA49
monochromatic
#1494A4 #1AC6DA #49D8E9 #80E4F0 #B6EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#49D8E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28
#49D8E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8E9
12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49D8E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49D8E91.001.7112.2812.28
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2821.001.001.00
##00000012.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6D0EA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFBFE9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1DD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49d8e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.121 206.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4f0',
    500: '#49d8e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49d8e9;
$custom-light: #90e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49d8e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.375,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8138,
    "c": 0.12096,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49D8E9
secondary
#A63D30
accent
#4733F5
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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#49D8E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva