#49AEB6#49AEB6

#49AEB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.093 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEB6
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 182)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -26.66, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 29.61, 205.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0863 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.093 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3236, 35.0633, 49.6275)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEB6 #B65149

analogous

#49B688 #49AEB6 #4977B6

triadic

#49AEB6 #B649AE #AEB649

tetradic

#49AEB6 #8849B6 #B65149 #77B649

square

#49AEB6 #8849B6 #B65149 #77B649

split-complementary

#49AEB6 #B64977 #B68849

monochromatic

#265A5F #37848A #49AEB6 #75C1C8 #A0D5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49AEB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#49AEB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEB6

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEB6	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A7B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aeb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.093 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6cb',
    500: '#49aeb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aeb6;
$custom-light: #87c6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aeb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.404,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69499,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEB6

secondary

#C69995

accent

#5E55D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEB6

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

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