#49D8EF#49D8EF

#49D8EF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.123 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D8EF
RGB	rgb(73, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -30.50, -22.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 37.81, 216.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.1058 -0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.123 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8768, 56.7552, 90.3397)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D8EF #EF6049

analogous

#49EFB3 #49D8EF #4985EF

triadic

#49D8EF #EF49D8 #D8EF49

tetradic

#49D8EF #B349EF #EF6049 #85EF49

square

#49D8EF #B349EF #EF6049 #85EF49

split-complementary

#49D8EF #EF4985 #EFB349

monochromatic

#0F98AE #14C9E7 #49D8EF #81E4F4 #BAF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#49D8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#49D8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D8EF

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D8EF	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBFEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.123 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4f4',
    500: '#49d8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d8ef;
$custom-light: #91e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.313,
    "s": 83.838,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81605,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D8EF

secondary

#AF3F2D

accent

#2405E0

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D8EF

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

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