#49BCAE#49BCAE

#49BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BCAE
RGB	rgb(73, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -35.60, -2.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 35.69, 184.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1049 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.105 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3674, 40.4359, 46.3461)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BCAE #BC4957

analogous

#49BC74 #49BCAE #4990BC

triadic

#49BCAE #AE49BC #BCAE49

tetradic

#49BCAE #7449BC #BC4957 #90BC49

square

#49BCAE #7449BC #BC4957 #90BC49

split-complementary

#49BCAE #BC4990 #BC7449

monochromatic

#25655E #369287 #49BCAE #76CCC2 #A2DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#49BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#49BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BCAE

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BCAE	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d0c6',
    500: '#49bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49bcae;
$custom-light: #88d0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.696,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72642,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BCAE

secondary

#CA979D

accent

#5262D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BCAE

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

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