#49AEB8#49AEB8

#49AEB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.094 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEB8
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 184)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 5.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -26.08, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 29.55, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0855 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.094 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5318, 35.1465, 50.7238)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEB8 #B85349

analogous

#49B88A #49AEB8 #4977B8

triadic

#49AEB8 #B849AE #AEB849

tetradic

#49AEB8 #8A49B8 #B85349 #77B849

square

#49AEB8 #8A49B8 #B85349 #77B849

split-complementary

#49AEB8 #B84977 #B88A49

monochromatic

#265C61 #37858D #49AEB8 #75C2C9 #A1D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#49AEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#49AEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEB8

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEB8	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aeb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.094 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6cd',
    500: '#49aeb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aeb8;
$custom-light: #88c6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aeb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.405,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69573,
    "c": 0.09376,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEB8

secondary

#C79A96

accent

#6054D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEB8

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

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