#49A1BC#49A1BC

#49A1BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.093 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1BC
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -18.20, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 28.41, 230.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0698 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.093 221)
XYZ	xyz(24.5660, 30.5346, 52.1663)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1BC #BC6449

analogous

#49BC9D #49A1BC #4967BC

triadic

#49A1BC #BC49A1 #A1BC49

tetradic

#49A1BC #9D49BC #BC6449 #67BC49

square

#49A1BC #9D49BC #BC6449 #67BC49

split-complementary

#49A1BC #BC4967 #BC9D49

monochromatic

#255665 #367C92 #49A1BC #76B8CC #A2CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#49A1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#49A1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1BC

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1BC	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919DBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8091BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.093 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd0',
    500: '#49a1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1bc;
$custom-light: #87bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.087,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66607,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.30537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1BC

secondary

#CAA397

accent

#7152D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1BC

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

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