#49D9E4#49D9E4

#49D9E4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.120 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49D9E4
RGB	rgb(73, 217, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -34.19, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 38.00, 205.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.1112 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.12 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5580, 56.6388, 82.1259)
Luminance	0.5664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49D9E4 #E45449

analogous

#49E4A2 #49D9E4 #498CE4

triadic

#49D9E4 #E449D9 #D9E449

tetradic

#49D9E4 #A249E4 #E45449 #8CE449

square

#49D9E4 #A249E4 #E45449 #8CE449

split-complementary

#49D9E4 #E4498C #E4A249

monochromatic

#17929C #1FC4D1 #49D9E4 #7EE4EC #B4EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#49D9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#49D9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D9E4

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49D9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49D9E4	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49d9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 217, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.120 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5ec',
    500: '#49d9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49d9e4;
$custom-light: #90e5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49d9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.258,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81434,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49D9E4

secondary

#9F3A32

accent

#4437F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49D9E4

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

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