#49AEBD#49AEBD

#49AEBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.095 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEBD
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 189)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -24.62, -16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 29.60, 213.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0834 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.095 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0652, 35.3599, 53.5330)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEBD #BD5849

analogous

#49BD92 #49AEBD #4974BD

triadic

#49AEBD #BD49AE #AEBD49

tetradic

#49AEBD #9249BD #BD5849 #74BD49

square

#49AEBD #9249BD #BD5849 #74BD49

split-complementary

#49AEBD #BD4974 #BD9249

monochromatic

#255E66 #358793 #49AEBD #76C2CD #A3D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49AEBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#49AEBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEBD

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEBD	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.095 208.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.759,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69761,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEBD

secondary

#CA9E97

accent

#6351D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEBD

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

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