#49ABC5#49ABC5

#49ABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.098 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABC5
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -20.68, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 30.05, 226.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.077 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.098 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3845, 34.5706, 58.0421)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABC5 #C56349

analogous

#49C5A1 #49ABC5 #496DC5

triadic

#49ABC5 #C549AB #ABC549

tetradic

#49ABC5 #A149C5 #C56349 #6DC549

square

#49ABC5 #A149C5 #C56349 #6DC549

split-complementary

#49ABC5 #C5496D #C5A149

monochromatic

#246070 #32889E #49ABC5 #77C0D4 #A6D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#49ABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#49ABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABC5

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABC5	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA6C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8899C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.098 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4d6',
    500: '#49abc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abc5;
$custom-light: #89c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.581,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69359,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABC5

secondary

#D0A59A

accent

#6B4DDB

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABC5

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

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