#49AEB5#49AEB5

#49AEB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.093 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEB5
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 181)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -26.95, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 29.66, 204.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0868 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.093 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2207, 35.0221, 49.0852)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEB5 #B55049

analogous

#49B586 #49AEB5 #4978B5

triadic

#49AEB5 #B549AE #AEB549

tetradic

#49AEB5 #8649B5 #B55049 #78B549

square

#49AEB5 #8649B5 #B55049 #78B549

split-complementary

#49AEB5 #B54978 #B58649

monochromatic

#265A5E #378489 #49AEB5 #74C2C7 #A0D5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49AEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#49AEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEB5

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEB5	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#A2A7B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919AB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aeb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.093 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6cb',
    500: '#49aeb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aeb5;
$custom-light: #87c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aeb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.889,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69463,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEB5

secondary

#C59894

accent

#5E55D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEB5

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

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