#49ABA6#49ABA6

#49ABA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.092 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABA6
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 166)
HSL	hsl(177, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -29.68, -6.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 30.29, 191.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.09 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.092 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1905, 33.2930, 41.2204)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABA6 #AB494E

analogous

#49AB75 #49ABA6 #497FAB

triadic

#49ABA6 #A649AB #ABA649

tetradic

#49ABA6 #7549AB #AB494E #7FAB49

square

#49ABA6 #7549AB #AB494E #7FAB49

split-complementary

#49ABA6 #AB497F #AB7549

monochromatic

#245553 #37807C #49ABA6 #6FC2BE #9AD4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#49ABA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#49ABA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABA6

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABA6	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9297A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.092 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c4c0',
    500: '#49aba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aba6;
$custom-light: #86c4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.939,
    "s": 40.164,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68205,
    "c": 0.0916,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABA6

secondary

#C08F92

accent

#585ED0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABA6

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

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