#49D9EE#49D9EE

#49D9EE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.123 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49D9EE
RGBrgb(73, 217, 238)
HSLhsl(188, 83%, 61%)
HSVhsv(188, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(80.30, -31.28, -21.42)
CIE-LCHlch(80.30, 37.91, 214.41°)
OKLaboklab(81.8% -0.1072 -0.0595)
OKLCHoklch(81.8% 0.123 209.1)
XYZxyz(42.9865, 57.2103, 89.6495)
Luminance0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49D9EE #EE5E49
analogous
#49EEB0 #49D9EE #4986EE
triadic
#49D9EE #EE49D9 #D9EE49
tetradic
#49D9EE #B049EE #EE5E49 #86EE49
square
#49D9EE #B049EE #EE5E49 #86EE49
split-complementary
#49D9EE #EE4986 #EEB049
monochromatic
#1099AC #15CAE4 #49D9EE #81E5F3 #B9F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#49D9EE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44
#49D9EE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49D9EE
12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49D9EE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49D9EE1.001.6912.4412.44
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4421.001.001.00
##00000012.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6D1EF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AFC0EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E3DF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49d9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 217, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.123 209.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5f3',
    500: '#49d9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49d9ee;
$custom-light: #91e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49d9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.636,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.818,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49D9EE
secondary
#AD3E2E
accent
#2206DF
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1517
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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#49D9EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva