#49A0BB#49A0BB

#49A0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.092 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0BB
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -17.98, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 28.23, 230.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.0691 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.092 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2845, 30.1435, 51.5425)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0BB #BB6449

analogous

#49BB9D #49A0BB #4967BB

triadic

#49A0BB #BB49A0 #A0BB49

tetradic

#49A0BB #9D49BB #BB6449 #67BB49

square

#49A0BB #9D49BB #BB6449 #67BB49

split-complementary

#49A0BB #BB4967 #BB9D49

monochromatic

#255564 #367B91 #49A0BB #76B7CC #A2CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#49A0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#49A0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0BB

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0BB	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.092 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bccf',
    500: '#49a0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0bb;
$custom-light: #87bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66327,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0BB

secondary

#C9A397

accent

#7153D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0BB

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

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