#49ABB3#49ABB3

#49ABB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.091 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB3
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 179)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 4.5%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -26.03, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 28.97, 206.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% -0.0844 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.091 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.4438, 33.7944, 47.8211)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB3 #B35149

analogous

#49B386 #49ABB3 #4976B3

triadic

#49ABB3 #B349AB #ABB349

tetradic

#49ABB3 #8649B3 #B35149 #76B349

square

#49ABB3 #8649B3 #B35149 #76B349

split-complementary

#49ABB3 #B34976 #B38649

monochromatic

#26585C #378188 #49ABB3 #73C0C6 #9FD3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49ABB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#49ABB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB3

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB3	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)

#9FA4B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.091 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4c9',
    500: '#49abb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb3;
$custom-light: #87c4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.528,
    "s": 42.063,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68662,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB3

secondary

#C49793

accent

#5F56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB3

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

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