#49A8BC#49A8BC

#49A8BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.093 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8BC
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -21.86, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 28.72, 220.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0774 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.093 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8237, 33.0499, 52.5856)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8BC #BC5D49

analogous

#49BC96 #49A8BC #496EBC

triadic

#49A8BC #BC49A8 #A8BC49

tetradic

#49A8BC #9649BC #BC5D49 #6EBC49

square

#49A8BC #9649BC #BC5D49 #6EBC49

split-complementary

#49A8BC #BC496E #BC9649

monochromatic

#255A65 #368292 #49A8BC #76BDCC #A2D3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#49A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#49A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8BC

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8BC	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.093 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2d0',
    500: '#49a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8bc;
$custom-light: #87c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68281,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8BC

secondary

#CAA097

accent

#6952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8BC

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

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