#49A3BD#49A3BD

#49A3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.093 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3BD
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -18.95, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 28.59, 228.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0716 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.093 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0265, 31.2824, 52.8535)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3BD #BD6349

analogous

#49BD9D #49A3BD #4969BD

triadic

#49A3BD #BD49A3 #A3BD49

tetradic

#49A3BD #9D49BD #BD6349 #69BD49

square

#49A3BD #9D49BD #BD6349 #69BD49

split-complementary

#49A3BD #BD4969 #BD9D49

monochromatic

#255866 #357E93 #49A3BD #76BACD #A3D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#49A3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#49A3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3BD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3BD	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.093 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed1',
    500: '#49a3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3bd;
$custom-light: #87bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.448,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67126,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3BD

secondary

#CAA397

accent

#6F51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3BD

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

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