#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
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -32.27, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 37.68, 211.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1082 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.121 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0051, 56.4066, 85.7488)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##49D8E9	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49D8E9

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

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