#49ABB0#49ABB0

#49ABB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.091 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB0
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 176)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -26.89, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 29.12, 202.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0856 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.091 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1437, 33.6743, 46.2406)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB0 #B04E49

analogous

#49B082 #49ABB0 #4978B0

triadic

#49ABB0 #B049AB #ABB049

tetradic

#49ABB0 #8249B0 #B04E49 #78B049

square

#49ABB0 #8249B0 #B04E49 #78B049

split-complementary

#49ABB0 #B04978 #B08249

monochromatic

#255759 #378185 #49ABB0 #72C0C4 #9DD4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49ABB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#49ABB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB0

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB0	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.091 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4c7',
    500: '#49abb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb0;
$custom-light: #87c4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.913,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68553,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB0

secondary

#C39492

accent

#5D57D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB0

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

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