#49A2BC#49A2BC

#49A2BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.093 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2BC
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 13.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -18.73, -21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 28.41, 228.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0709 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.093 220)
XYZ	xyz(24.7415, 30.8855, 52.2248)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2BC #BC6349

analogous

#49BC9C #49A2BC #4968BC

triadic

#49A2BC #BC49A2 #A2BC49

tetradic

#49A2BC #9C49BC #BC6349 #68BC49

square

#49A2BC #9C49BC #BC6349 #68BC49

split-complementary

#49A2BC #BC4968 #BC9C49

monochromatic

#255765 #367D92 #49A2BC #76B9CC #A2D0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#49A2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#49A2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2BC

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2BC	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8192BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.093 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bdd0',
    500: '#49a2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2bc;
$custom-light: #87bdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.565,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66846,
    "c": 0.09251,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.30888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2BC

secondary

#CAA297

accent

#7052D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2BC

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

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