#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
RGB	rgb(73, 220, 235)
HSL	hsl(186, 80%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -33.59, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 38.42, 209.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.1113 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.123 205)
XYZ	xyz(43.3297, 58.5960, 87.6077)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##49DCEB	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49DCEB

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

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