#49AEC2#49AEC2

#49AEC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.097 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEC2
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 194)
HSL	hsl(190, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -23.13, -18.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 29.90, 219.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0814 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.097 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6173, 35.5807, 56.4408)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEC2 #C25D49

analogous

#49C299 #49AEC2 #4972C2

triadic

#49AEC2 #C249AE #AEC249

tetradic

#49AEC2 #9949C2 #C25D49 #72C249

square

#49AEC2 #9949C2 #C25D49 #72C249

split-complementary

#49AEC2 #C24972 #C29949

monochromatic

#24606C #34899A #49AEC2 #77C2D1 #A5D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49AEC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#49AEC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEC2

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEC2	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA8C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D9BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aec2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.097 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c6d4',
    500: '#49aec2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aec2;
$custom-light: #88c6d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aec2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.917,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEC2

secondary

#CEA299

accent

#654ED9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEC2

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

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