#49A0CB#49A0CB

#49A0CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.105 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0CB
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 203)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 21.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -12.95, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 32.47, 246.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0632 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.105 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0938, 30.8672, 61.0711)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0CB #CB7449

analogous

#49CBB5 #49A0CB #495FCB

triadic

#49A0CB #CB49A0 #A0CB49

tetradic

#49A0CB #B549CB #CB7449 #5FCB49

square

#49A0CB #B549CB #CB7449 #5FCB49

split-complementary

#49A0CB #CB495F #CBB549

monochromatic

#225B77 #3080A7 #49A0CB #79B9D9 #A8D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#49A0CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#49A0CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0CB

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0CB	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.105 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdb',
    500: '#49a0cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0cb;
$custom-light: #89bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.846,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67024,
    "c": 0.10463,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0CB

secondary

#D4AF9C

accent

#7B49DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0CB

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

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