#49DCEC#49DCEC

#49DCEC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.123 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49DCEC
RGB	rgb(73, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(186, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -33.30, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 38.41, 209.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.1109 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.123 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4746, 58.6540, 88.3707)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49DCEC #EC5949

analogous

#49ECAB #49DCEC #498AEC

triadic

#49DCEC #EC49DC #DCEC49

tetradic

#49DCEC #AB49EC #EC5949 #8AEC49

square

#49DCEC #AB49EC #EC5949 #8AEC49

split-complementary

#49DCEC #EC498A #ECAB49

monochromatic

#129AA9 #17CDE0 #49DCEC #80E7F2 #B8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#49DCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#49DCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49DCEC

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49DCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49DCEC	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD3ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49dcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.123 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e7f2',
    500: '#49dcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49dcec;
$custom-light: #91e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49dcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.89,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82427,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49DCEC

secondary

#AA3B2F

accent

#1D08DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #49DCEC

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

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