#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
RGBrgb(73, 165, 190)
HSLhsl(193, 47%, 52%)
HSVhsv(193, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(63.38, -19.69, -21.01)
CIE-LCHlch(63.38, 28.79, 226.85°)
OKLaboklab(67.64% -0.0734 -0.0584)
OKLCHoklch(67.64% 0.094 218.5)
XYZxyz(25.4933, 32.0418, 53.5464)
Luminance0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##49A5BE1.002.837.417.41
#FFFFFF2.831.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4121.001.001.00
##0000007.4121.001.001.00

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

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#49A5BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva