#49A6BB#49A6BB

#49A6BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.092 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A6BB
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 11.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -21.12, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 28.44, 222.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0756 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.092 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3499, 32.2742, 51.8977)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A6BB #BB5E49

analogous

#49BB97 #49A6BB #496DBB

triadic

#49A6BB #BB49A6 #A6BB49

tetradic

#49A6BB #9749BB #BB5E49 #6DBB49

square

#49A6BB #9749BB #BB5E49 #6DBB49

split-complementary

#49A6BB #BB496D #BB9749

monochromatic

#255964 #368091 #49A6BB #76BCCC #A2D2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#49A6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#49A6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6BB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A6BB	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.092 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0cf',
    500: '#49a6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a6bb;
$custom-light: #87c0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67762,
    "c": 0.09228,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A6BB

secondary

#C9A097

accent

#6B53D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6BB

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

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