#49ABB9#49ABB9

#49ABB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.093 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABB9
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 185)
HSL	hsl(188, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 7.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -24.28, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 28.95, 212.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0819 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.093 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0639, 34.0424, 51.0868)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABB9 #B95749

analogous

#49B98F #49ABB9 #4973B9

triadic

#49ABB9 #B949AB #ABB949

tetradic

#49ABB9 #8F49B9 #B95749 #73B949

square

#49ABB9 #8F49B9 #B95749 #73B949

split-complementary

#49ABB9 #B94973 #B98F49

monochromatic

#265A62 #37838E #49ABB9 #75BFCA #A1D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#49ABB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#49ABB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABB9

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABB9	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D98B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.093 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4ce',
    500: '#49abb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abb9;
$custom-light: #87c4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68886,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABB9

secondary

#C89C96

accent

#6454D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABB9

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

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