#49A5BA#49A5BA

#49A5BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.092 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5BA
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 11.3%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -20.91, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 28.24, 222.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.075 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.092 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0621, 31.8694, 51.2755)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5BA #BA5E49

analogous

#49BA96 #49A5BA #496CBA

triadic

#49A5BA #BA49A5 #A5BA49

tetradic

#49A5BA #9649BA #BA5E49 #6CBA49

square

#49A5BA #9649BA #BA5E49 #6CBA49

split-complementary

#49A5BA #BA496C #BA9649

monochromatic

#265863 #367F8F #49A5BA #75BBCB #A2D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#49A5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#49A5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5BA

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5BA	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.092 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0ce',
    500: '#49a5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5ba;
$custom-light: #87c0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.15,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67482,
    "c": 0.09164,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5BA

secondary

#C8A096

accent

#6B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5BA

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

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