#49A2CD#49A2CD

#49A2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.106 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2CD
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 21%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -13.39, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 32.72, 245.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0646 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.106 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6831, 31.6621, 62.4509)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2CD #CD7449

analogous

#49CDB6 #49A2CD #4960CD

triadic

#49A2CD #CD49A2 #A2CD49

tetradic

#49A2CD #B649CD #CD7449 #60CD49

square

#49A2CD #B649CD #CD7449 #60CD49

split-complementary

#49A2CD #CD4960 #CDB649

monochromatic

#225D7A #2F82AA #49A2CD #79BBDA #A9D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#49A2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#49A2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2CD	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.106 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bddc',
    500: '#49a2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2cd;
$custom-light: #89bddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2CD

secondary

#D5AF9D

accent

#7948E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2CD

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

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