#49A3BF#49A3BF

#49A3BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.094 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3BF
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 14.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -18.33, -22.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 28.96, 230.73°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0708 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.094 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2451, 31.3699, 54.0047)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3BF #BF6549

analogous

#49BFA0 #49A3BF #4968BF

triadic

#49A3BF #BF49A3 #A3BF49

tetradic

#49A3BF #A049BF #BF6549 #68BF49

square

#49A3BF #A049BF #BF6549 #68BF49

split-complementary

#49A3BF #BF4968 #BFA049

monochromatic

#255969 #357F96 #49A3BF #76BACF #A4D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#49A3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#49A3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3BF

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3BF	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)

#929FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8193BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.094 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bed2',
    500: '#49a3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3bf;
$custom-light: #87bed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67209,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3BF

secondary

#CCA498

accent

#7050D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3BF

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

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