#49A8BE#49A8BE

#49A8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.094 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8BE
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -21.25, -19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 28.94, 222.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0766 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.094 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0408, 33.1368, 53.7289)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8BE #BE5F49

analogous

#49BE9A #49A8BE #496EBE

triadic

#49A8BE #BE49A8 #A8BE49

tetradic

#49A8BE #9A49BE #BE5F49 #6EBE49

square

#49A8BE #9A49BE #BE5F49 #6EBE49

split-complementary

#49A8BE #BE496E #BE9A49

monochromatic

#255B68 #358395 #49A8BE #76BECE #A3D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#49A8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#49A8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8BE

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8BE	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.094 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d1',
    500: '#49a8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8be;
$custom-light: #88c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68361,
    "c": 0.09404,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8BE

secondary

#CBA198

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8BE

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

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