#49AEC0#49AEC0

#49AEC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEC0
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 192)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 9.4%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -23.73, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 29.75, 217.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0822 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.096 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3942, 35.4915, 55.2658)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEC0 #C05B49

analogous

#49C097 #49AEC0 #4973C0

triadic

#49AEC0 #C049AE #AEC049

tetradic

#49AEC0 #9749C0 #C05B49 #73C049

square

#49AEC0 #9749C0 #C05B49 #73C049

split-complementary

#49AEC0 #C04973 #C09749

monochromatic

#255F6A #348897 #49AEC0 #76C2D0 #A4D6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49AEC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#49AEC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEC0

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEC0	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9BC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d3',
    500: '#49aec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aec0;
$custom-light: #88c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.076,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69877,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEC0

secondary

#CCA098

accent

#6450D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEC0

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

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