#49A5BC#49A5BC

#49A5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.093 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5BC
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -20.30, -20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 28.50, 224.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0742 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.093 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2762, 31.9550, 52.4031)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5BC #BC6049

analogous

#49BC99 #49A5BC #496BBC

triadic

#49A5BC #BC49A5 #A5BC49

tetradic

#49A5BC #9949BC #BC6049 #6BBC49

square

#49A5BC #9949BC #BC6049 #6BBC49

split-complementary

#49A5BC #BC496B #BC9949

monochromatic

#255965 #368092 #49A5BC #76BBCC #A2D1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#49A5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5BC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5BC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8594BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.093 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0d0',
    500: '#49a5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5bc;
$custom-light: #87c0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67563,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5BC

secondary

#CAA197

accent

#6C52D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5BC

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

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