#49AABB#49AABB

#49AABB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.093 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AABB
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 9.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -23.18, -17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 28.88, 216.62°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0799 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.093 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0883, 33.7511, 52.1438)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AABB #BB5A49

analogous

#49BB93 #49AABB #4971BB

triadic

#49AABB #BB49AA #AABB49

tetradic

#49AABB #9349BB #BB5A49 #71BB49

square

#49AABB #9349BB #BB5A49 #71BB49

split-complementary

#49AABB #BB4971 #BB9349

monochromatic

#255B64 #368391 #49AABB #76BFCC #A2D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49AABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#49AABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AABB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AABB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aabb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.093 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3cf',
    500: '#49aabb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aabb;
$custom-light: #87c3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aabb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.947,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68722,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AABB

secondary

#C99E97

accent

#6653D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AABB

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

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