#49A1BB#49A1BB

#49A1BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.092 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1BB
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 13.9%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -18.51, -21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 28.23, 229.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0702 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.092 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4586, 30.4916, 51.6006)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1BB #BB6349

analogous

#49BB9C #49A1BB #4968BB

triadic

#49A1BB #BB49A1 #A1BB49

tetradic

#49A1BB #9C49BB #BB6349 #68BB49

square

#49A1BB #9C49BB #BB6349 #68BB49

split-complementary

#49A1BB #BB4968 #BB9C49

monochromatic

#255664 #367C91 #49A1BB #76B8CC #A2CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#49A1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#49A1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1BB

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1BB	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.092 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdcf',
    500: '#49a1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1bb;
$custom-light: #87bdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.684,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66566,
    "c": 0.0919,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1BB

secondary

#C9A297

accent

#7053D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1BB

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

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