#49A8BF#49A8BF

#49A8BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.095 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8BF
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 191)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 12%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, -20.95, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 29.07, 223.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.0762 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.095 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1504, 33.1806, 54.3065)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8BF #BF6049

analogous

#49BF9B #49A8BF #496DBF

triadic

#49A8BF #BF49A8 #A8BF49

tetradic

#49A8BF #9B49BF #BF6049 #6DBF49

square

#49A8BF #9B49BF #BF6049 #6DBF49

split-complementary

#49A8BF #BF496D #BF9B49

monochromatic

#255C69 #358396 #49A8BF #76BECF #A4D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#49A8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#49A8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8BF

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8BF	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A3C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8796BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.095 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d2',
    500: '#49a8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8bf;
$custom-light: #88c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.695,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68401,
    "c": 0.09454,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8BF

secondary

#CCA298

accent

#6B50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8BF

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

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