#49A5BB#49A5BB

#49A5BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.092 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5BB
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -20.60, -19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 28.36, 223.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0746 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.092 216)
XYZ	xyz(25.1688, 31.9120, 51.8373)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5BB #BB5F49

analogous

#49BB98 #49A5BB #496CBB

triadic

#49A5BB #BB49A5 #A5BB49

tetradic

#49A5BB #9849BB #BB5F49 #6CBB49

square

#49A5BB #9849BB #BB5F49 #6CBB49

split-complementary

#49A5BB #BB496C #BB9849

monochromatic

#255864 #367F91 #49A5BB #76BBCC #A2D1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#49A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5BB

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5BB	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.092 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0cf',
    500: '#49a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5bb;
$custom-light: #87c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67522,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.31915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5BB

secondary

#C9A097

accent

#6C53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5BB

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

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