#49A3BE#49A3BE

#49A3BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3BE
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 190)
HSL	hsl(194, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 14.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, -18.64, -21.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 28.77, 229.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0712 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.094 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1354, 31.3260, 53.4271)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3BE #BE6449

analogous

#49BE9F #49A3BE #4969BE

triadic

#49A3BE #BE49A3 #A3BE49

tetradic

#49A3BE #9F49BE #BE6449 #69BE49

square

#49A3BE #9F49BE #BE6449 #69BE49

split-complementary

#49A3BE #BE4969 #BE9F49

monochromatic

#255868 #357F95 #49A3BE #76BACE #A3D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#49A3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#49A3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3BE

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3BE	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8292BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed1',
    500: '#49a3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3be;
$custom-light: #87bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67167,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3BE

secondary

#CBA498

accent

#7051D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3BE

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

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