#49ABB2#49ABB2

#49ABB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.091 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB2
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 178)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 3.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -26.32, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 29.01, 204.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0848 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.091 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3431, 33.7541, 47.2904)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB2 #B25049

analogous

#49B285 #49ABB2 #4977B2

triadic

#49ABB2 #B249AB #ABB249

tetradic

#49ABB2 #8549B2 #B25049 #77B249

square

#49ABB2 #8549B2 #B25049 #77B249

split-complementary

#49ABB2 #B24977 #B28549

monochromatic

#25585B #378187 #49ABB2 #73C0C5 #9ED3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49ABB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#49ABB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB2

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB2	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)

#9FA4B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.091 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4c9',
    500: '#49abb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb2;
$custom-light: #87c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68626,
    "c": 0.09128,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB2

secondary

#C49693

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB2

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

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