#49B9AE#49B9AE

#49B9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49B9AE
RGB	rgb(73, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -34.20, -3.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 34.42, 186.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1017 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.102 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7332, 39.1675, 46.1347)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49B9AE #B94954

analogous

#49B976 #49B9AE #498CB9

triadic

#49B9AE #AE49B9 #B9AE49

tetradic

#49B9AE #7649B9 #B94954 #8CB949

square

#49B9AE #7649B9 #B94954 #8CB949

split-complementary

#49B9AE #B9498C #B97649

monochromatic

#26625C #378E86 #49B9AE #75CAC2 #A1DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#49B9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#49B9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49B9AE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49B9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49B9AE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49b9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec6',
    500: '#49b9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49b9ae;
$custom-light: #88cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49b9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.107,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71906,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49B9AE

secondary

#C8969B

accent

#5460D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49B9AE

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

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