#49A2CB#49A2CB

#49A2CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.104 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2CB
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 20.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -14.03, -28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 32.10, 244.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0653 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.104 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4433, 31.5662, 61.1876)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2CB #CB7249

analogous

#49CBB3 #49A2CB #4961CB

triadic

#49A2CB #CB49A2 #A2CB49

tetradic

#49A2CB #B349CB #CB7249 #61CB49

square

#49A2CB #B349CB #CB7249 #61CB49

split-complementary

#49A2CB #CB4961 #CBB349

monochromatic

#225D77 #3081A7 #49A2CB #79BAD9 #A8D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#49A2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#49A2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2CB

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2CB	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.104 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bddb',
    500: '#49a2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2cb;
$custom-light: #89bddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67492,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2CB

secondary

#D4AE9C

accent

#7849DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2CB

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

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