#49D9E3#49D9E3

#49D9E3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.120 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D9E3
RGB	rgb(73, 217, 227)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -34.48, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 38.05, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1117 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.12 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4196, 56.5835, 81.3969)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D9E3 #E35349

analogous

#49E3A0 #49D9E3 #498CE3

triadic

#49D9E3 #E349D9 #D9E349

tetradic

#49D9E3 #A049E3 #E35349 #8CE349

square

#49D9E3 #A049E3 #E35349 #8CE349

split-complementary

#49D9E3 #E3498C #E3A049

monochromatic

#18919A #20C4CF #49D9E3 #7EE4EB #B3EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#49D9E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#49D9E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D9E3

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D9E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D9E3	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)

#C9D0E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d9e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 217, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.120 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5eb',
    500: '#49d9e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d9e3;
$custom-light: #90e5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d9e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.896,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81398,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D9E3

secondary

#9E3A33

accent

#4438F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D9E3

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

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