#49A3BB#49A3BB

#49A3BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.092 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3BB
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -19.56, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 28.26, 226.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0724 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.092 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8109, 31.1962, 51.7180)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3BB #BB6149

analogous

#49BB9A #49A3BB #496ABB

triadic

#49A3BB #BB49A3 #A3BB49

tetradic

#49A3BB #9A49BB #BB6149 #6ABB49

square

#49A3BB #9A49BB #BB6149 #6ABB49

split-complementary

#49A3BB #BB496A #BB9A49

monochromatic

#255764 #367E91 #49A3BB #76BACC #A2D0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#49A3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#49A3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3BB

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3BB	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8392BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.092 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87becf',
    500: '#49a3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3bb;
$custom-light: #87becf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67044,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3BB

secondary

#C9A197

accent

#6E53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3BB

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

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