#49A0C8#49A0C8

#49A0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.102 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0C8
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -13.91, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 31.52, 243.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0643 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.102 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7397, 30.7256, 59.2065)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0C8 #C87149

analogous

#49C8B0 #49A0C8 #4960C8

triadic

#49A0C8 #C849A0 #A0C849

tetradic

#49A0C8 #B049C8 #C87149 #60C849

square

#49A0C8 #B049C8 #C87149 #60C849

split-complementary

#49A0C8 #C84960 #C8B049

monochromatic

#235A74 #317FA3 #49A0C8 #78B9D6 #A7D1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#49A0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#49A0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0C8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0C8	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.102 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd8',
    500: '#49a0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0c8;
$custom-light: #88bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.898,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66889,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0C8

secondary

#D2AC9B

accent

#794BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0C8

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

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