#49BAAE#49BAAE

#49BAAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.103 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BAAE
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -34.66, -3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 34.84, 185.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.1027 -0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.103 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9431, 39.5874, 46.2047)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BAAE #BA4955

analogous

#49BA75 #49BAAE #498DBA

triadic

#49BAAE #AE49BA #BAAE49

tetradic

#49BAAE #7549BA #BA4955 #8DBA49

square

#49BAAE #7549BA #BA4955 #8DBA49

split-complementary

#49BAAE #BA498D #BA7549

monochromatic

#26635D #368F86 #49BAAE #75CBC2 #A2DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#49BAAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#49BAAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BAAE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BAAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BAAE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49baae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.103 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cfc6',
    500: '#49baae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49baae;
$custom-light: #88cfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49baae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.628,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72151,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BAAE

secondary

#C8969C

accent

#5361D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BAAE

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

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