#49A0CE#49A0CE

#49A0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0CE
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 22.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -11.98, -31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 33.48, 249.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0621 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.107 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4547, 31.0116, 62.9722)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0CE #CE7749

analogous

#49CEBA #49A0CE #495DCE

triadic

#49A0CE #CE49A0 #A0CE49

tetradic

#49A0CE #BA49CE #CE7749 #5DCE49

square

#49A0CE #BA49CE #CE7749 #5DCE49

split-complementary

#49A0CE #CE495D #CEBA49

monochromatic

#215C7B #2E80AC #49A0CE #79B9DB #A9D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#49A0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#49A0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0CE

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0CE	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdd',
    500: '#49a0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0ce;
$custom-light: #89bcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.752,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67161,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0CE

secondary

#D5B19D

accent

#7C47E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0CE

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

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