#49809E#49809E

#49809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.074 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49809E
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(201, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, -9.37, -21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 23.58, 246.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0438 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.074 234)
XYZ	xyz(16.6361, 19.3220, 35.1940)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49809E #9E6749

analogous

#499E91 #49809E #49569E

triadic

#49809E #9E4980 #809E49

tetradic

#49809E #91499E #9E6749 #569E49

square

#49809E #91499E #9E6749 #569E49

split-complementary

#49809E #9E4956 #9E9149

monochromatic

#223C4A #365E74 #49809E #6A9EBA #94B9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#49809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#49809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49809E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49809E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.074 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a4ba',
    500: '#49809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49809e;
$custom-light: #82a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57416,
    "c": 0.07444,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.19323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49809E

secondary

#BA9A89

accent

#835BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49809E

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

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