#49A1CB#49A1CB

#49A1CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.104 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1CB
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, -13.49, -29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 32.27, 245.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0642 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.104 232)
XYZ	xyz(26.2678, 31.2153, 61.1291)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1CB #CB7349

analogous

#49CBB4 #49A1CB #4960CB

triadic

#49A1CB #CB49A1 #A1CB49

tetradic

#49A1CB #B449CB #CB7349 #60CB49

square

#49A1CB #B449CB #CB7349 #60CB49

split-complementary

#49A1CB #CB4960 #CBB449

monochromatic

#225C77 #3081A7 #49A1CB #79BAD9 #A8D2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#49A1CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#49A1CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1CB

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1CB	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A92CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.104 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdb',
    500: '#49a1cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1cb;
$custom-light: #89bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67258,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.31218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1CB

secondary

#D4AE9C

accent

#7949DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1CB

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

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