#49BABE#49BABE

#49BABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49BABE
RGB	rgb(73, 186, 190)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -30.27, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 32.39, 200.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0957 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.101 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5968, 40.2488, 54.9142)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49BABE #BE4D49

analogous

#49BE88 #49BABE #4980BE

triadic

#49BABE #BE49BA #BABE49

tetradic

#49BABE #8849BE #BE4D49 #80BE49

square

#49BABE #8849BE #BE4D49 #80BE49

split-complementary

#49BABE #BE4980 #BE8849

monochromatic

#256568 #359195 #49BABE #76CBCE #A3DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#49BABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#49BABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49BABE

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49BABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49BABE	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49babe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 186, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfd1',
    500: '#49babe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49babe;
$custom-light: #89cfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49babe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.051,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7269,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49BABE

secondary

#CB9998

accent

#5551D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #49BABE

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

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