#49AEBC#49AEBC

#49AEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.095 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEBC
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -24.91, -15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 29.57, 212.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0838 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.095 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9570, 35.3166, 52.9633)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEBC #BC5749

analogous

#49BC90 #49AEBC #4974BC

triadic

#49AEBC #BC49AE #AEBC49

tetradic

#49AEBC #9049BC #BC5749 #74BC49

square

#49AEBC #9049BC #BC5749 #74BC49

split-complementary

#49AEBC #BC4974 #BC9049

monochromatic

#255E65 #368792 #49AEBC #76C2CC #A2D6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49AEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#49AEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEBC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEBC	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	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)

#A0A8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.095 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d0',
    500: '#49aebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aebc;
$custom-light: #88c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.304,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69723,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEBC

secondary

#CA9D97

accent

#6252D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEBC

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

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