#49A0BC#49A0BC

#49A0BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.093 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0BC
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 14.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -17.67, -22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 28.43, 231.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0687 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.093 222)
XYZ	xyz(24.3920, 30.1865, 52.1083)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0BC #BC6549

analogous

#49BC9E #49A0BC #4966BC

triadic

#49A0BC #BC49A0 #A0BC49

tetradic

#49A0BC #9E49BC #BC6549 #66BC49

square

#49A0BC #9E49BC #BC6549 #66BC49

split-complementary

#49A0BC #BC4966 #BC9E49

monochromatic

#255665 #367C92 #49A0BC #76B7CC #A2CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#49A0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#49A0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0BC

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0BC	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.093 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcd0',
    500: '#49a0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0bc;
$custom-light: #87bcd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66369,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.30189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0BC

secondary

#CAA397

accent

#7252D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0BC

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

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