#49AABF#49AABF

#49AABF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.095 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AABF
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 11%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -21.98, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 29.22, 221.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.0783 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.095 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5225, 33.9248, 54.4305)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49AABF #BF5E49

analogous

#49BF99 #49AABF #496FBF

triadic

#49AABF #BF49AA #AABF49

tetradic

#49AABF #9949BF #BF5E49 #6FBF49

square

#49AABF #9949BF #BF5E49 #6FBF49

split-complementary

#49AABF #BF496F #BF9949

monochromatic

#255D69 #358596 #49AABF #76BFCF #A4D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49AABF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#49AABF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AABF

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AABF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AABF	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA5C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8998BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aabf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.095 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3d2',
    500: '#49aabf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aabf;
$custom-light: #88c3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aabf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.678,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68879,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AABF

secondary

#CCA198

accent

#6850D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AABF

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

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