#49AEB4#49AEB4

#49AEB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.093 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEB4
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 180)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 3.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -27.23, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 29.71, 203.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0872 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.093 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1184, 34.9812, 48.5468)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEB4 #B44F49

analogous

#49B484 #49AEB4 #4979B4

triadic

#49AEB4 #B449AE #AEB449

tetradic

#49AEB4 #8449B4 #B44F49 #79B449

square

#49AEB4 #8449B4 #B44F49 #79B449

split-complementary

#49AEB4 #B44979 #B48449

monochromatic

#265A5D #378488 #49AEB4 #74C2C7 #9FD5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49AEB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#49AEB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEB4

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEB4	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aeb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.093 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6ca',
    500: '#49aeb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aeb4;
$custom-light: #87c6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aeb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.364,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69427,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEB4

secondary

#C59794

accent

#5D56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEB4

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

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