#49ABB8#49ABB8

#49ABB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.092 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB8
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 184)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 7.1%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -24.57, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 28.92, 211.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0823 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.092 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9587, 34.0003, 50.5328)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB8 #B85649

analogous

#49B88D #49ABB8 #4973B8

triadic

#49ABB8 #B849AB #ABB849

tetradic

#49ABB8 #8D49B8 #B85649 #73B849

square

#49ABB8 #8D49B8 #B85649 #73B849

split-complementary

#49ABB8 #B84973 #B88D49

monochromatic

#265A61 #37838D #49ABB8 #75BFC9 #A1D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#49ABB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#49ABB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB8	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.092 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4cd',
    500: '#49abb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb8;
$custom-light: #87c4cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.027,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68848,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB8

secondary

#C79B96

accent

#6354D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB8

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

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