#49ABB4#49ABB4

#49ABB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.092 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB4
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.83, -25.74, -13.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.83, 28.94, 207.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0839 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.092 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5453, 33.8350, 48.3557)
Luminance	0.3384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB4 #B45249

analogous

#49B488 #49ABB4 #4975B4

triadic

#49ABB4 #B449AB #ABB449

tetradic

#49ABB4 #8849B4 #B45249 #75B449

square

#49ABB4 #8849B4 #B45249 #75B449

split-complementary

#49ABB4 #B44975 #B48849

monochromatic

#26585D #378288 #49ABB4 #74C0C7 #9FD3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49ABB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#49ABB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB4

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB4	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.092 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4ca',
    500: '#49abb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb4;
$custom-light: #87c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68699,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB4

secondary

#C59894

accent

#6056D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB4

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

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