#49A2B4#49A2B4

#49A2B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.088 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2B4
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 10%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -21.15, -17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 27.33, 219.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.52% -0.0741 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(66.52% 0.088 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9029, 30.5500, 47.8082)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2B4 #B45B49

analogous

#49B490 #49A2B4 #496DB4

triadic

#49A2B4 #B449A2 #A2B449

tetradic

#49A2B4 #9049B4 #B45B49 #6DB449

square

#49A2B4 #9049B4 #B45B49 #6DB449

split-complementary

#49A2B4 #B4496D #B49049

monochromatic

#26545D #377B88 #49A2B4 #74B9C7 #9FCFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#49A2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#49A2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2B4

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2B4	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)

#949DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8491B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.088 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bdca',
    500: '#49a2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2b4;
$custom-light: #86bdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.093,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66523,
    "c": 0.0883,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2B4

secondary

#C59C94

accent

#6B56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2B4

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

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