#49A1BE#49A1BE

#49A1BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.094 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1BE
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 190)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -17.58, -22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 28.81, 232.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0691 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.094 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7831, 30.6214, 53.3097)
Luminance	0.3062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1BE #BE6649

analogous

#49BEA1 #49A1BE #4967BE

triadic

#49A1BE #BE49A1 #A1BE49

tetradic

#49A1BE #A149BE #BE6649 #67BE49

square

#49A1BE #A149BE #BE6649 #67BE49

split-complementary

#49A1BE #BE4967 #BEA149

monochromatic

#255768 #357D95 #49A1BE #76B8CE #A3D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#49A1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#49A1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1BE

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1BE	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F91BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.094 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd1',
    500: '#49a1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1be;
$custom-light: #87bdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.872,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66691,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1BE

secondary

#CBA498

accent

#7251D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1BE

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

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