#49A4BD#49A4BD

#49A4BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.093 H 218.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4BD
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 189)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -19.47, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 28.61, 227.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0727 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.093 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2047, 31.6389, 52.9129)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4BD #BD6249

analogous

#49BD9C #49A4BD #496ABD

triadic

#49A4BD #BD49A4 #A4BD49

tetradic

#49A4BD #9C49BD #BD6249 #6ABD49

square

#49A4BD #9C49BD #BD6249 #6ABD49

split-complementary

#49A4BD #BD496A #BD9C49

monochromatic

#255866 #357F93 #49A4BD #76BACD #A3D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#49A4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#49A4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4BD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4BD	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.093 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd1',
    500: '#49a4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4bd;
$custom-light: #87bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.931,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67364,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4BD

secondary

#CAA297

accent

#6E51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4BD

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