#49AABC#49AABC

#49AABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.094 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AABC
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -22.88, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 28.95, 217.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0795 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.094 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1958, 33.7941, 52.7096)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AABC #BC5B49

analogous

#49BC94 #49AABC #4970BC

triadic

#49AABC #BC49AA #AABC49

tetradic

#49AABC #9449BC #BC5B49 #70BC49

square

#49AABC #9449BC #BC5B49 #70BC49

split-complementary

#49AABC #BC4970 #BC9449

monochromatic

#255B65 #368492 #49AABC #76BFCC #A2D4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49AABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#49AABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AABC

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AABC	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A98BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.094 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3d0',
    500: '#49aabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aabc;
$custom-light: #88c3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68761,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AABC

secondary

#CA9F97

accent

#6752D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AABC

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

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