#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
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -21.77, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 29.02, 221.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0777 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.094 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2261, 33.5074, 53.7907)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##49A9BE	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9BE

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

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