#49A6BD#49A6BD

#49A6BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.093 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A6BD
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -20.52, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 28.69, 224.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0748 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.093 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5655, 32.3604, 53.0331)
Luminance	0.3236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A6BD #BD6049

analogous

#49BD9A #49A6BD #496CBD

triadic

#49A6BD #BD49A6 #A6BD49

tetradic

#49A6BD #9A49BD #BD6049 #6CBD49

square

#49A6BD #9A49BD #BD6049 #6CBD49

split-complementary

#49A6BD #BD496C #BD9A49

monochromatic

#255A66 #358193 #49A6BD #76BCCD #A3D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#49A6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#49A6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6BD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A6BD	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8695BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.093 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0d1',
    500: '#49a6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a6bd;
$custom-light: #87c0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.897,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67842,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A6BD

secondary

#CAA197

accent

#6C51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6BD

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