#49E9FF#49E9FF

#49E9FF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.132 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49E9FF
RGB	rgb(73, 233, 255)
HSL	hsl(187, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -33.88, -22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 40.72, 213.69°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.1158 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.132 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9287, 66.9084, 104.8715)
Luminance	0.6691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49E9FF #FF5F49

analogous

#49FFBA #49E9FF #498EFF

triadic

#49E9FF #FF49E9 #E9FF49

tetradic

#49E9FF #BA49FF #FF5F49 #8EFF49

square

#49E9FF #BA49FF #FF5F49 #8EFF49

split-complementary

#49E9FF #FF498E #FFBA49

monochromatic

#00B5CE #0CE2FF #49E9FF #86F0FF #C3F8FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#49E9FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#49E9FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49E9FF

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49E9FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49E9FF	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5E0FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBCEFF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F4F0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49e9ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 233, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.132 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94f0ff',
    500: '#49e9ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49e9ff;
$custom-light: #94f0ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49e9ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.253,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86149,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49E9FF

secondary

#C93723

accent

#1C00E6

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFF

border

#CFD6D7

text

#0F1618

muted

#808586

Preview Lab

Preview with #49E9FF

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

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