#49A1CD#49A1CD

#49A1CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.106 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1CD
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 21.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -12.85, -30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 32.92, 247.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0635 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.106 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5077, 31.3112, 62.3925)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1CD #CD7549

analogous

#49CDB7 #49A1CD #495FCD

triadic

#49A1CD #CD49A1 #A1CD49

tetradic

#49A1CD #B749CD #CD7549 #5FCD49

square

#49A1CD #B749CD #CD7549 #5FCD49

split-complementary

#49A1CD #CD495F #CDB749

monochromatic

#225D7A #2F81AA #49A1CD #79BADA #A9D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#49A1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#49A1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1CD

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1CD	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7992CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.106 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdc',
    500: '#49a1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1cd;
$custom-light: #89bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67349,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1CD

secondary

#D5B09D

accent

#7A48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1CD

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

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