#49ABBB#49ABBB

#49ABBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.093 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABBB
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 187)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 8.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -23.69, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 29.03, 215.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.081 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.093 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2765, 34.1274, 52.2065)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABBB #BB5949

analogous

#49BB92 #49ABBB #4972BB

triadic

#49ABBB #BB49AB #ABBB49

tetradic

#49ABBB #9249BB #BB5949 #72BB49

square

#49ABBB #9249BB #BB5949 #72BB49

split-complementary

#49ABBB #BB4972 #BB9249

monochromatic

#255B64 #368491 #49ABBB #76C0CC #A2D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49ABBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#49ABBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABBB

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABBB	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C98BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.093 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c4cf',
    500: '#49abbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abbb;
$custom-light: #88c4cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68963,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABBB

secondary

#C99E97

accent

#6553D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABBB

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

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