#49DAE6#49DAE6

#49DAE6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49DAE6
RGB	rgb(73, 218, 230)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -34.09, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 38.14, 206.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.1114 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.121 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0957, 57.2676, 83.6828)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49DAE6 #E65549

analogous

#49E6A4 #49DAE6 #498CE6

triadic

#49DAE6 #E649DA #DAE649

tetradic

#49DAE6 #A449E6 #E65549 #8CE649

square

#49DAE6 #A449E6 #E65549 #8CE649

split-complementary

#49DAE6 #E6498C #E6A449

monochromatic

#16949F #1DC7D5 #49DAE6 #7FE5ED #B5F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#49DAE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#49DAE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49DAE6

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49DAE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49DAE6	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49dae6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 218, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e6ed',
    500: '#49dae6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49dae6;
$custom-light: #90e6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49dae6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.586,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8174,
    "c": 0.12111,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49DAE6

secondary

#A23A32

accent

#4435F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #49DAE6

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

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