#49889D#49889D

#49889D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.072 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49889D
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 13.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -14.16, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 22.44, 230.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0537 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.072 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6353, 21.4576, 35.1041)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49889D #9D5E49

analogous

#499D88 #49889D #495E9D

triadic

#49889D #9D4988 #889D49

tetradic

#49889D #88499D #9D5E49 #5E9D49

square

#49889D #88499D #9D5E49 #5E9D49

split-complementary

#49889D #9D495E #9D8849

monochromatic

#224049 #366473 #49889D #6AA6BA #93BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#49889D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#49889D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49889D

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49889D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49889D	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49889d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.072 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aaba',
    500: '#49889d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49889d;
$custom-light: #82aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49889d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 36.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59302,
    "c": 0.0722,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49889D

secondary

#B99589

accent

#785BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49889D

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

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