#49A5BF#49A5BF

#49A5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.094 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5BF
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -19.39, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 28.96, 227.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.073 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.094 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6030, 32.0857, 54.1240)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5BF #BF6349

analogous

#49BF9E #49A5BF #496ABF

triadic

#49A5BF #BF49A5 #A5BF49

tetradic

#49A5BF #9E49BF #BF6349 #6ABF49

square

#49A5BF #9E49BF #BF6349 #6ABF49

split-complementary

#49A5BF #BF496A #BF9E49

monochromatic

#255A69 #358196 #49A5BF #76BBCF #A4D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#49A5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5BF

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5BF	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.094 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd2',
    500: '#49a5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5bf;
$custom-light: #88bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.22,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67685,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5BF

secondary

#CCA398

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5BF

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

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