#49A9BE#49A9BE

#49A9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A9BE
RGBrgb(73, 169, 190)
HSLhsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSVhsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(61.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(64.57, -21.77, -19.19)
CIE-LCHlch(64.57, 29.02, 221.40°)
OKLaboklab(68.6% -0.0777 -0.0533)
OKLCHoklch(68.6% 0.094 214.5)
XYZxyz(26.2261, 33.5074, 53.7907)
Luminance0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A9BE #BE5E49
analogous
#49BE99 #49A9BE #496FBE
triadic
#49A9BE #BE49A9 #A9BE49
tetradic
#49A9BE #9949BE #BE5E49 #6FBE49
square
#49A9BE #9949BE #BE5E49 #6FBE49
split-complementary
#49A9BE #BE496F #BE9949
monochromatic
#255C68 #358495 #49A9BE #76BECE #A3D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73
#49A9BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70
#49A9BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9BE
7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A9BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A9BE1.002.737.707.70
#FFFFFF2.731.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7021.001.001.00
##0000007.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AA4BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8997BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 214.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d1',
    500: '#49a9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a9be;
$custom-light: #88c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.686,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A9BE
secondary
#CBA198
accent
#6951D7
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#F0F7F9
border
#CBD0D2
text
#0C1214
muted
#7D8182

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#49A9BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva