#49899B#49899B

#49899B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.071 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49899B
RGB	rgb(73, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(193, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -15.31, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 22.07, 226.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0557 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.071 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6074, 21.6728, 34.2594)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49899B #9B5B49

analogous

#499B84 #49899B #49609B

triadic

#49899B #9B4989 #899B49

tetradic

#49899B #84499B #9B5B49 #609B49

square

#49899B #84499B #9B5B49 #609B49

split-complementary

#49899B #9B4960 #9B8449

monochromatic

#223F48 #356471 #49899B #69A7B8 #93BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#49899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#49899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #49899B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49899B	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#128F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.071 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82abb8',
    500: '#49899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49899b;
$custom-light: #82abb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.171,
    "s": 35.965,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59463,
    "c": 0.071,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49899B

secondary

#B89288

accent

#745CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #49899B

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

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