#49DCEB#49DCEB

#49DCEB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49DCEB
RGBrgb(73, 220, 235)
HSLhsl(186, 80%, 60%)
HSVhsv(186, 69%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.07, -33.59, -18.66)
CIE-LCHlch(81.07, 38.42, 209.05°)
OKLaboklab(82.39% -0.1113 -0.0518)
OKLCHoklch(82.39% 0.123 205)
XYZxyz(43.3297, 58.5960, 87.6077)
Luminance0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49DCEB #EB5849
analogous
#49EBA9 #49DCEB #498BEB
triadic
#49DCEB #EB49DC #DCEB49
tetradic
#49DCEB #A949EB #EB5849 #8BEB49
square
#49DCEB #A949EB #EB5849 #8BEB49
split-complementary
#49DCEB #EB498B #EBA949
monochromatic
#1299A7 #18CCDE #49DCEB #80E7F1 #B7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65
#49DCEB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72
#49DCEB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49DCEB
12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49DCEB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49DCEB1.001.6512.7212.72
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7221.001.001.00
##00000012.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAD3EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3C2EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E5E0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49dceb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 220, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 205.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7f1',
    500: '#49dceb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49dceb;
$custom-light: #91e7f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49dceb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 80.198,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8239,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.58601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49DCEB
secondary
#A93B2F
accent
#1D09DD
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FCFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

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