#49A5BE#49A5BE

#49A5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.094 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5BE
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(193, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -19.69, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 28.79, 226.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% -0.0734 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.094 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4933, 32.0418, 53.5464)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5BE #BE6249

analogous

#49BE9D #49A5BE #496BBE

triadic

#49A5BE #BE49A5 #A5BE49

tetradic

#49A5BE #9D49BE #BE6249 #6BBE49

square

#49A5BE #9D49BE #BE6249 #6BBE49

split-complementary

#49A5BE #BE496B #BE9D49

monochromatic

#255968 #358095 #49A5BE #76BBCE #A3D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#49A5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5BE

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5BE	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.094 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfd1',
    500: '#49a5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5be;
$custom-light: #87bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.821,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67644,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5BE

secondary

#CBA398

accent

#6D51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5BE

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

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