#49ABB6#49ABB6

#49ABB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.092 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB6
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -25.16, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 28.91, 209.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0831 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.092 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7505, 33.9171, 49.4365)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB6 #B65449

analogous

#49B68A #49ABB6 #4975B6

triadic

#49ABB6 #B649AB #ABB649

tetradic

#49ABB6 #8A49B6 #B65449 #75B649

square

#49ABB6 #8A49B6 #B65449 #75B649

split-complementary

#49ABB6 #B64975 #B68A49

monochromatic

#26595F #37828A #49ABB6 #75BFC8 #A0D3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49ABB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#49ABB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB6

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB6	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)

#9EA5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.092 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4cb',
    500: '#49abb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb6;
$custom-light: #87c4cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.055,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68773,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB6

secondary

#C69A95

accent

#6255D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB6

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

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