#49A4BB#49A4BB

#49A4BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.092 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4BB
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 12.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -20.08, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 28.31, 224.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.28% -0.0735 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(67.28% 0.092 217)
XYZ	xyz(24.9891, 31.5527, 51.7774)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4BB #BB6049

analogous

#49BB99 #49A4BB #496BBB

triadic

#49A4BB #BB49A4 #A4BB49

tetradic

#49A4BB #9949BB #BB6049 #6BBB49

square

#49A4BB #9949BB #BB6049 #6BBB49

split-complementary

#49A4BB #BB496B #BB9949

monochromatic

#255864 #367E91 #49A4BB #76BACC #A2D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#49A4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#49A4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4BB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4BB	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.092 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfcf',
    500: '#49a4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4bb;
$custom-light: #87bfcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67283,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.31555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4BB

secondary

#C9A197

accent

#6D53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4BB

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

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