#49D8EC#49D8EC

#49D8EC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.122 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8EC
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -31.39, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 37.71, 213.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.107 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.122 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4373, 56.5794, 88.0250)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8EC #EC5D49

analogous

#49ECAE #49D8EC #4986EC

triadic

#49D8EC #EC49D8 #D8EC49

tetradic

#49D8EC #AE49EC #EC5D49 #86EC49

square

#49D8EC #AE49EC #EC5D49 #86EC49

split-complementary

#49D8EC #EC4986 #ECAE49

monochromatic

#1296A9 #17C8E0 #49D8EC #80E4F2 #B8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#49D8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#49D8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8EC

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8EC	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.122 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4f2',
    500: '#49d8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8ec;
$custom-light: #90e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.362,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81492,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8EC

secondary

#AA3E2F

accent

#2208DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8EC

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

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