#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
RGBrgb(73, 168, 190)
HSLhsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSVhsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.27, -21.25, -19.65)
CIE-LCHlch(64.27, 28.94, 222.75°)
OKLaboklab(68.36% -0.0766 -0.0546)
OKLCHoklch(68.36% 0.094 215.5)
XYZxyz(26.0408, 33.1368, 53.7289)
Luminance0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

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
##49A8BE1.002.757.637.63
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6321.001.001.00
##0000007.6321.001.001.00

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

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#49A8BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva