#49A9BF#49A9BF

#49A9BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.095 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9BF
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -21.47, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 29.13, 222.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0773 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.095 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3358, 33.5513, 54.3682)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9BF #BF5F49

analogous

#49BF9A #49A9BF #496EBF

triadic

#49A9BF #BF49A9 #A9BF49

tetradic

#49A9BF #9A49BF #BF5F49 #6EBF49

square

#49A9BF #9A49BF #BF5F49 #6EBF49

split-complementary

#49A9BF #BF496E #BF9A49

monochromatic

#255C69 #358496 #49A9BF #76BECF #A4D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#49A9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#49A9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9BF

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9BF	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.095 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d2',
    500: '#49a9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9bf;
$custom-light: #88c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6864,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9BF

secondary

#CCA298

accent

#6950D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9BF

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

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