#49889F#49889F

#49889F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.074 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49889F
RGB	rgb(73, 136, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -13.55, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 22.89, 233.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0529 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.074 224)
XYZ	xyz(17.8074, 21.5264, 36.0108)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49889F #9F6049

analogous

#499F8B #49889F #495D9F

triadic

#49889F #9F4988 #889F49

tetradic

#49889F #8B499F #9F6049 #5D9F49

square

#49889F #8B499F #9F6049 #5D9F49

split-complementary

#49889F #9F495D #9F8B49

monochromatic

#22404B #366475 #49889F #6AA5BB #94BFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#49889F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#49889F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49889F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49889F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49889F	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#098F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49889f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 136, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.074 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aabb',
    500: '#49889f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49889f;
$custom-light: #82aabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49889f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.047,
    "s": 37.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59386,
    "c": 0.07362,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.21528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49889F

secondary

#BA978A

accent

#795BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49889F

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

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