#49A7BD#49A7BD

#49A7BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.093 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A7BD
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 189)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -21.04, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 28.75, 222.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0759 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.093 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7479, 32.7254, 53.0939)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A7BD #BD5F49

analogous

#49BD99 #49A7BD #496DBD

triadic

#49A7BD #BD49A7 #A7BD49

tetradic

#49A7BD #9949BD #BD5F49 #6DBD49

square

#49A7BD #9949BD #BD5F49 #6DBD49

split-complementary

#49A7BD #BD496D #BD9949

monochromatic

#255A66 #358293 #49A7BD #76BDCD #A3D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#49A7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A7BD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A7BD	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.093 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1d1',
    500: '#49a7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a7bd;
$custom-light: #87c1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.379,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68082,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A7BD

secondary

#CAA197

accent

#6B51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A7BD

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