#49A4BC#49A4BC

#49A4BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.093 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4BC
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 12.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -19.78, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 28.45, 225.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0731 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.093 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0966, 31.5957, 52.3432)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4BC #BC6149

analogous

#49BC9A #49A4BC #496ABC

triadic

#49A4BC #BC49A4 #A4BC49

tetradic

#49A4BC #9A49BC #BC6149 #6ABC49

square

#49A4BC #9A49BC #BC6149 #6ABC49

split-complementary

#49A4BC #BC496A #BC9A49

monochromatic

#255865 #367F92 #49A4BC #76BACC #A2D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#49A4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#49A4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4BC

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4BC	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.093 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd0',
    500: '#49a4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4bc;
$custom-light: #87bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67324,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4BC

secondary

#CAA297

accent

#6D52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4BC

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

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