#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
RGB	rgb(73, 217, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -31.28, -21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 37.91, 214.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.1072 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.123 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9865, 57.2103, 89.6495)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49D9EE	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49D9EE

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

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