#49E8EA#49E8EA

#49E8EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.128 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49E8EA
RGB	rgb(73, 232, 234)
HSL	hsl(181, 79%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 0.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -39.43, -12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 41.50, 198.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% -0.1233 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.128 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4489, 65.0648, 87.9367)
Luminance	0.6507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49E8EA #EA4B49

analogous

#49EA9B #49E8EA #4998EA

triadic

#49E8EA #EA49E8 #E8EA49

tetradic

#49E8EA #9B49EA #EA4B49 #98EA49

square

#49E8EA #9B49EA #EA4B49 #98EA49

split-complementary

#49E8EA #EA4998 #EA9B49

monochromatic

#13A4A6 #19DADC #49E8EA #80EFF0 #B7F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#49E8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#49E8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49E8EA

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49E8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49E8EA	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49e8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 232, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.128 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92f0f0',
    500: '#49e8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49e8ea;
$custom-light: #92f0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49e8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.745,
    "s": 79.31,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85171,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49E8EA

secondary

#A73130

accent

#0C0ADC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #49E8EA

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

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