#49AFBE#49AFBE

#49AFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.096 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFBE
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -24.83, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 29.80, 213.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0841 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.096 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3680, 35.7913, 54.1713)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFBE #BE5849

analogous

#49BE93 #49AFBE #4975BE

triadic

#49AFBE #BE49AF #AFBE49

tetradic

#49AFBE #9349BE #BE5849 #75BE49

square

#49AFBE #9349BE #BE5849 #75BE49

split-complementary

#49AFBE #BE4975 #BE9349

monochromatic

#255F68 #358895 #49AFBE #76C3CE #A3D7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49AFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#49AFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFBE

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFBE	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9CBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.096 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c7d1',
    500: '#49afbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afbe;
$custom-light: #88c7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7004,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFBE

secondary

#CB9E98

accent

#6251D7

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFBE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →