#49869D#49869D

#49869D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.072 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49869D
RGB	rgb(73, 134, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -13.05, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 22.50, 234.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0513 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.072 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3563, 20.8995, 35.0111)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49869D #9D6049

analogous

#499D8A #49869D #495C9D

triadic

#49869D #9D4986 #869D49

tetradic

#49869D #8A499D #9D6049 #5C9D49

square

#49869D #8A499D #9D6049 #5C9D49

split-complementary

#49869D #9D495C #9D8A49

monochromatic

#223F49 #366273 #49869D #6AA4BA #93BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#49869D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#49869D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49869D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49869D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49869D	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49869d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 134, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.072 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a9ba',
    500: '#49869d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49869d;
$custom-light: #82a9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49869d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.429,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58817,
    "c": 0.07226,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49869D

secondary

#B99689

accent

#7A5BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49869D

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

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