#49A2BB#49A2BB

#49A2BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.092 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2BB
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 13.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -19.03, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 28.24, 227.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.81% -0.0713 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(66.81% 0.092 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6340, 30.8425, 51.6590)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2BB #BB6249

analogous

#49BB9B #49A2BB #4969BB

triadic

#49A2BB #BB49A2 #A2BB49

tetradic

#49A2BB #9B49BB #BB6249 #69BB49

square

#49A2BB #9B49BB #BB6249 #69BB49

split-complementary

#49A2BB #BB4969 #BB9B49

monochromatic

#255664 #367D91 #49A2BB #76B9CC #A2D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#49A2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#49A2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2BB

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2BB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8291BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.092 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdcf',
    500: '#49a2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2bb;
$custom-light: #87bdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66805,
    "c": 0.09191,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2BB

secondary

#C9A297

accent

#6F53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2BB

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

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