#49AEC1#49AEC1

#49AEC1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEC1
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 193)
HSL	hsl(190, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -23.43, -18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 29.82, 218.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0818 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.096 212)
XYZ	xyz(27.5054, 35.5360, 55.8513)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEC1 #C15C49

analogous

#49C198 #49AEC1 #4972C1

triadic

#49AEC1 #C149AE #AEC149

tetradic

#49AEC1 #9849C1 #C15C49 #72C149

square

#49AEC1 #9849C1 #C15C49 #72C149

split-complementary

#49AEC1 #C14972 #C19849

monochromatic

#24606B #348999 #49AEC1 #77C2D1 #A4D7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49AEC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#49AEC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEC1

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEC1	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aec1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d3',
    500: '#49aec1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aec1;
$custom-light: #88c6d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aec1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.5,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69915,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.35539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEC1

secondary

#CDA199

accent

#654FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEC1

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

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