#49A4BE#49A4BE

#49A4BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.094 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4BE
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 13.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -19.17, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 28.78, 228.23°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0723 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.094 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3136, 31.6825, 53.4865)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4BE #BE6349

analogous

#49BE9D #49A4BE #496ABE

triadic

#49A4BE #BE49A4 #A4BE49

tetradic

#49A4BE #9D49BE #BE6349 #6ABE49

square

#49A4BE #9D49BE #BE6349 #6ABE49

split-complementary

#49A4BE #BE496A #BE9D49

monochromatic

#255968 #357F95 #49A4BE #76BBCE #A3D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#49A4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#49A4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4BE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4BE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.094 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd1',
    500: '#49a4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4be;
$custom-light: #87bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67406,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4BE

secondary

#CBA398

accent

#6F51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4BE

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

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