#49A4B2#49A4B2

#49A4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.088 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4B2
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 7.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -22.77, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 27.48, 214.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0771 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.088 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0557, 31.1793, 46.8613)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4B2 #B25749

analogous

#49B28C #49A4B2 #4970B2

triadic

#49A4B2 #B249A4 #A4B249

tetradic

#49A4B2 #8C49B2 #B25749 #70B249

square

#49A4B2 #8C49B2 #B25749 #70B249

split-complementary

#49A4B2 #B24970 #B28C49

monochromatic

#25545B #377C87 #49A4B2 #73BAC5 #9ED0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#49A4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#49A4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4B2

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4B2	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.088 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bfc9',
    500: '#49a4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4b2;
$custom-light: #86bfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66928,
    "c": 0.08811,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4B2

secondary

#C49993

accent

#6756D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4B2

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

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