#49AEB3#49AEB3

#49AEB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.093 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEB3
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 179)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, -27.52, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 29.77, 202.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% -0.0876 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.093 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0169, 34.9406, 48.0122)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEB3 #B34E49

analogous

#49B383 #49AEB3 #4979B3

triadic

#49AEB3 #B349AE #AEB349

tetradic

#49AEB3 #8349B3 #B34E49 #79B349

square

#49AEB3 #8349B3 #B34E49 #79B349

split-complementary

#49AEB3 #B34979 #B38349

monochromatic

#26595C #378488 #49AEB3 #73C2C6 #9FD5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49AEB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#49AEB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEB3

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEB3	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929AB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aeb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.093 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6c9',
    500: '#49aeb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aeb3;
$custom-light: #87c6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aeb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.83,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69391,
    "c": 0.0931,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEB3

secondary

#C49693

accent

#5C56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEB3

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

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