#49AEBE#49AEBE

#49AEBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.095 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEBE
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -24.32, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 29.64, 214.84°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.083 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.095 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1741, 35.4035, 54.1067)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEBE #BE5949

analogous

#49BE94 #49AEBE #4974BE

triadic

#49AEBE #BE49AE #AEBE49

tetradic

#49AEBE #9449BE #BE5949 #74BE49

square

#49AEBE #9449BE #BE5949 #74BE49

split-complementary

#49AEBE #BE4974 #BE9449

monochromatic

#255E68 #358895 #49AEBE #76C2CE #A3D6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49AEBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#49AEBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEBE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEBE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A8BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aebe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.095 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d1',
    500: '#49aebe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aebe;
$custom-light: #88c6d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aebe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.205,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.09536,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEBE

secondary

#CB9F98

accent

#6351D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEBE

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

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