#49839B#49839B

#49839B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.071 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49839B
RGB	rgb(73, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, -11.99, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 22.19, 237.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0485 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.071 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7781, 20.0142, 33.9830)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49839B #9B6149

analogous

#499B8A #49839B #495A9B

triadic

#49839B #9B4983 #839B49

tetradic

#49839B #8A499B #9B6149 #5A9B49

square

#49839B #8A499B #9B6149 #5A9B49

split-complementary

#49839B #9B495A #9B8A49

monochromatic

#223D48 #356071 #49839B #69A1B8 #93BBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#49839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#49839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49839B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49839B	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76819C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.071 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a7b8',
    500: '#49839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49839b;
$custom-light: #82a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58007,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49839B

secondary

#B89688

accent

#7D5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49839B

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

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