#49A0BD#49A0BD

#49A0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.093 H 222.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0BD
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -17.36, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 28.64, 232.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0684 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.093 222.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5001, 30.2297, 52.6780)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0BD #BD6649

analogous

#49BDA0 #49A0BD #4966BD

triadic

#49A0BD #BD49A0 #A0BD49

tetradic

#49A0BD #A049BD #BD6649 #66BD49

square

#49A0BD #A049BD #BD6649 #66BD49

split-complementary

#49A0BD #BD4966 #BDA049

monochromatic

#255666 #357C93 #49A0BD #76B7CD #A3CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#49A0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#49A0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0BD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0BD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.093 222.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcd1',
    500: '#49a0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0bd;
$custom-light: #87bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66411,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 222.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0BD

secondary

#CAA497

accent

#7351D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0BD

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

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