#49AEBB#49AEBB

#49AEBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.094 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEBB
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 187)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -25.21, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 29.55, 211.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0842 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.094 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8496, 35.2736, 52.3976)
Luminance	0.3528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEBB #BB5649

analogous

#49BB8F #49AEBB #4975BB

triadic

#49AEBB #BB49AE #AEBB49

tetradic

#49AEBB #8F49BB #BB5649 #75BB49

square

#49AEBB #8F49BB #BB5649 #75BB49

split-complementary

#49AEBB #BB4975 #BB8F49

monochromatic

#255D64 #368691 #49AEBB #76C2CC #A2D6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#49AEBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#49AEBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEBB

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEBB	1.00	2.61	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aebb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.094 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6cf',
    500: '#49aebb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aebb;
$custom-light: #88c6cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aebb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69685,
    "c": 0.09445,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEBB

secondary

#C99C97

accent

#6153D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEBB

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

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