#49AAB3#49AAB3

#49AAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.091 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AAB3
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -25.53, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 28.72, 207.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0833 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.091 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2557, 33.4180, 47.7584)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AAB3 #B35249

analogous

#49B387 #49AAB3 #4975B3

triadic

#49AAB3 #B349AA #AAB349

tetradic

#49AAB3 #8749B3 #B35249 #75B349

square

#49AAB3 #8749B3 #B35249 #75B349

split-complementary

#49AAB3 #B34975 #B38749

monochromatic

#26575C #378188 #49AAB3 #73BFC6 #9FD3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#49AAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#49AAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AAB3

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AAB3	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	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)

#9EA3B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.091 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3c9',
    500: '#49aab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aab3;
$custom-light: #87c3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.094,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6842,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AAB3

secondary

#C49893

accent

#6056D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AAB3

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

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