#49A0BF#49A0BF

#49A0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.095 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0BF
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -16.74, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 29.09, 234.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0676 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.095 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7187, 30.3172, 53.8292)
Luminance	0.3032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0BF #BF6849

analogous

#49BFA3 #49A0BF #4965BF

triadic

#49A0BF #BF49A0 #A0BF49

tetradic

#49A0BF #A349BF #BF6849 #65BF49

square

#49A0BF #A349BF #BF6849 #65BF49

split-complementary

#49A0BF #BF4965 #BFA349

monochromatic

#255769 #357C96 #49A0BF #76B8CF #A4CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#49A0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#49A0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0BF

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0BF	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#8F9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.095 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcd2',
    500: '#49a0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0bf;
$custom-light: #87bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66496,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0BF

secondary

#CCA698

accent

#7450D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0BF

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

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