#49A0BE#49A0BE

#49A0BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.094 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0BE
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -17.05, -23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 28.86, 233.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.068 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.094 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6090, 30.2733, 53.2516)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0BE #BE6749

analogous

#49BEA2 #49A0BE #4966BE

triadic

#49A0BE #BE49A0 #A0BE49

tetradic

#49A0BE #A249BE #BE6749 #66BE49

square

#49A0BE #A249BE #BE6749 #66BE49

split-complementary

#49A0BE #BE4966 #BEA249

monochromatic

#255768 #357C95 #49A0BE #76B8CE #A3CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#49A0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#49A0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0BE

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0BE	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.094 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcd1',
    500: '#49a0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0be;
$custom-light: #87bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.385,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66453,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0BE

secondary

#CBA598

accent

#7351D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0BE

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

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