#49A8BA#49A8BA

#49A8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.092 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8BA
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.13, -22.45, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.13, 28.55, 218.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% -0.0782 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.092 212)
XYZ	xyz(25.6096, 32.9643, 51.4580)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8BA #BA5B49

analogous

#49BA94 #49A8BA #496FBA

triadic

#49A8BA #BA49A8 #A8BA49

tetradic

#49A8BA #9449BA #BA5B49 #6FBA49

square

#49A8BA #9449BA #BA5B49 #6FBA49

split-complementary

#49A8BA #BA496F #BA9449

monochromatic

#265963 #36818F #49A8BA #75BDCB #A2D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#49A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#49A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8BA

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8BA	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.092 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2ce',
    500: '#49a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8ba;
$custom-light: #87c2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.558,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68203,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.32967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8BA

secondary

#C89E96

accent

#6853D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8BA

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

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