#49A5B3#49A5B3

#49A5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.089 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5B3
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 179)
HSL	hsl(188, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -22.99, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 27.69, 213.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0778 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.089 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3361, 31.5790, 47.4519)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5B3 #B35749

analogous

#49B38C #49A5B3 #4970B3

triadic

#49A5B3 #B349A5 #A5B349

tetradic

#49A5B3 #8C49B3 #B35749 #70B349

square

#49A5B3 #8C49B3 #B35749 #70B349

split-complementary

#49A5B3 #B34970 #B38C49

monochromatic

#26555C #377D88 #49A5B3 #73BBC6 #9FD0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#49A5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#49A5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5B3

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5B3	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989FB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8893B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.089 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0c9',
    500: '#49a5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5b3;
$custom-light: #86c0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67208,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5B3

secondary

#C49A93

accent

#6656D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5B3

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

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