#49ABB5#49ABB5

#49ABB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.092 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB5
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 181)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -25.45, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 28.92, 208.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0835 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.092 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6476, 33.8759, 48.8942)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB5 #B55349

analogous

#49B589 #49ABB5 #4975B5

triadic

#49ABB5 #B549AB #ABB549

tetradic

#49ABB5 #8949B5 #B55349 #75B549

square

#49ABB5 #8949B5 #B55349 #75B549

split-complementary

#49ABB5 #B54975 #B58949

monochromatic

#26595E #378289 #49ABB5 #74BFC7 #A0D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49ABB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#49ABB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB5

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB5	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E98B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.092 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4cb',
    500: '#49abb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb5;
$custom-light: #87c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.556,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68736,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB5

secondary

#C59994

accent

#6155D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB5

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

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