#49A4BF#49A4BF

#49A4BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.094 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4BF
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 191)
HSL	hsl(194, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 14.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -18.86, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 28.95, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0719 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.094 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4233, 31.7264, 54.0641)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4BF #BF6449

analogous

#49BF9F #49A4BF #4969BF

triadic

#49A4BF #BF49A4 #A4BF49

tetradic

#49A4BF #9F49BF #BF6449 #69BF49

square

#49A4BF #9F49BF #BF6449 #69BF49

split-complementary

#49A4BF #BF4969 #BF9F49

monochromatic

#255969 #358096 #49A4BF #76BBCF #A4D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#49A4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#49A4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4BF

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4BF	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8393BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.094 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd2',
    500: '#49a4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4bf;
$custom-light: #87bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67447,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4BF

secondary

#CCA498

accent

#6F50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4BF

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

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