#49DAE4#49DAE4

#49DAE4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49DAE4
RGB	rgb(73, 218, 228)
HSL	hsl(184, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 4.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -34.66, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 38.24, 204.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.1122 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.121 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8165, 57.1559, 82.2121)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49DAE4 #E45349

analogous

#49E4A1 #49DAE4 #498DE4

triadic

#49DAE4 #E449DA #DAE449

tetradic

#49DAE4 #A149E4 #E45349 #8DE449

square

#49DAE4 #A149E4 #E45349 #8DE449

split-complementary

#49DAE4 #E4498D #E4A149

monochromatic

#17939C #1FC5D1 #49DAE4 #7EE5EC #B4F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#49DAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#49DAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49DAE4

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49DAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49DAE4	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49dae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 218, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6ec',
    500: '#49dae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49dae4;
$custom-light: #90e6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49dae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81669,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49DAE4

secondary

#9F3932

accent

#4337F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49DAE4

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

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