#49799B#49799B

#49799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.075 H 240.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49799B
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(205, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(205, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, -6.27, -23.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 24.15, 254.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% -0.0364 -0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.075 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4993, 17.4565, 33.5567)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49799B #9B6B49

analogous

#499B94 #49799B #49509B

triadic

#49799B #9B4979 #799B49

tetradic

#49799B #94499B #9B6B49 #509B49

square

#49799B #94499B #9B6B49 #509B49

split-complementary

#49799B #9B4950 #9B9449

monochromatic

#223848 #355971 #49799B #6997B8 #93B4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#49799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#49799B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #49799B

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##49799B	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F709A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.075 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819fb8',
    500: '#49799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49799b;
$custom-light: #819fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.878,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55607,
    "c": 0.07452,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49799B

secondary

#B89C88

accent

#8A5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49799B

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

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