#49879B#49879B

#49879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.071 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49879B
RGB	rgb(73, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -14.21, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 22.02, 229.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0533 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.071 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3258, 21.1095, 34.1655)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49879B #9B5D49

analogous

#499B86 #49879B #495E9B

triadic

#49879B #9B4987 #879B49

tetradic

#49879B #86499B #9B5D49 #5E9B49

square

#49879B #86499B #9B5D49 #5E9B49

split-complementary

#49879B #9B495E #9B8649

monochromatic

#223F48 #356371 #49879B #69A5B8 #93BECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#49879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#49879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49879B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49879B	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.071 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aab8',
    500: '#49879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49879b;
$custom-light: #82aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58976,
    "c": 0.07082,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49879B

secondary

#B89488

accent

#775CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49879B

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

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