#49A0CD#49A0CD

#49A0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0CD
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -12.30, -30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 33.13, 248.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0625 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.106 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3336, 30.9631, 62.3344)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0CD #CD7649

analogous

#49CDB8 #49A0CD #495ECD

triadic

#49A0CD #CD49A0 #A0CD49

tetradic

#49A0CD #B849CD #CD7649 #5ECD49

square

#49A0CD #B849CD #CD7649 #5ECD49

split-complementary

#49A0CD #CD495E #CDB849

monochromatic

#225C7A #2F80AA #49A0CD #79B9DA #A9D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#49A0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#49A0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0CD

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0CD	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdc',
    500: '#49a0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0cd;
$custom-light: #89bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67115,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0CD

secondary

#D5B09D

accent

#7C48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0CD

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

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