#49D8EE#49D8EE

#49D8EE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.122 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8EE
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.01, -30.80, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.01, 37.77, 215.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.1062 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.122 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7295, 56.6963, 89.5639)
Luminance	0.5670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8EE #EE5F49

analogous

#49EEB1 #49D8EE #4985EE

triadic

#49D8EE #EE49D8 #D8EE49

tetradic

#49D8EE #B149EE #EE5F49 #85EE49

square

#49D8EE #B149EE #EE5F49 #85EE49

split-complementary

#49D8EE #EE4985 #EEB149

monochromatic

#1098AC #15C9E4 #49D8EE #81E4F3 #B9F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#49D8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#49D8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8EE

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8EE	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.122 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4f3',
    500: '#49d8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8ee;
$custom-light: #91e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81567,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8EE

secondary

#AD3F2E

accent

#2306DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8EE

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

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