#49859E#49859E

#49859E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.073 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49859E
RGB	rgb(73, 133, 158)
HSL	hsl(198, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -12.19, -19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 22.84, 237.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0498 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.073 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3044, 20.6587, 35.4167)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49859E #9E6249

analogous

#499E8C #49859E #495A9E

triadic

#49859E #9E4985 #859E49

tetradic

#49859E #8C499E #9E6249 #5A9E49

square

#49859E #8C499E #9E6249 #5A9E49

split-complementary

#49859E #9E495A #9E8C49

monochromatic

#223F4A #366274 #49859E #6AA3BA #94BDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#49859E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#49859E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49859E

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49859E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49859E	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E8C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49859e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 133, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.073 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8ba',
    500: '#49859e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49859e;
$custom-light: #82a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49859e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58618,
    "c": 0.07316,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49859E

secondary

#BA9789

accent

#7C5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49859E

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

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