#49AAB2#49AAB2

#49AAB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAB2
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 178)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 4.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, -25.81, -12.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 28.75, 206.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0837 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1549, 33.3777, 47.2277)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAB2 #B25149

analogous

#49B286 #49AAB2 #4976B2

triadic

#49AAB2 #B249AA #AAB249

tetradic

#49AAB2 #8649B2 #B25149 #76B249

square

#49AAB2 #8649B2 #B25149 #76B249

split-complementary

#49AAB2 #B24976 #B28649

monochromatic

#25575B #378187 #49AAB2 #73BFC5 #9ED3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#49AAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#49AAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAB2

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAB2	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3c9',
    500: '#49aab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aab2;
$custom-light: #87c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68383,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAB2

secondary

#C49793

accent

#6056D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAB2

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

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