#49A2C2#49A2C2

#49A2C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.097 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2C2
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 194)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -16.87, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 29.65, 235.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0686 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.097 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4017, 31.1496, 55.7023)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2C2 #C26949

analogous

#49C2A6 #49A2C2 #4965C2

triadic

#49A2C2 #C249A2 #A2C249

tetradic

#49A2C2 #A649C2 #C26949 #65C249

square

#49A2C2 #A649C2 #C26949 #65C249

split-complementary

#49A2C2 #C24965 #C2A649

monochromatic

#24596C #347F9A #49A2C2 #77B9D1 #A5D1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#49A2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#49A2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2C2

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2C2	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909FC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F92C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.097 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bdd4',
    500: '#49a2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2c2;
$custom-light: #88bdd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67098,
    "c": 0.09657,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2C2

secondary

#CEA799

accent

#734ED9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2C2

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

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