#49BABC#49BABC

#49BABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.101 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BABC
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -30.83, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 32.58, 198.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0966 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.101 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3797, 40.1620, 53.7709)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BABC #BC4B49

analogous

#49BC84 #49BABC #4980BC

triadic

#49BABC #BC49BA #BABC49

tetradic

#49BABC #8449BC #BC4B49 #80BC49

square

#49BABC #8449BC #BC4B49 #80BC49

split-complementary

#49BABC #BC4980 #BC8449

monochromatic

#256465 #369092 #49BABC #76CBCC #A2DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#49BABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BABC

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BABC	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49babc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.101 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd0',
    500: '#49babc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49babc;
$custom-light: #89cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49babc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.043,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7262,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BABC

secondary

#CA9897

accent

#5452D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BABC

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

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