#49A2CE#49A2CE

#49A2CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.107 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2CE
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 206)
HSL	hsl(200, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -13.07, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 33.05, 246.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0642 -0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.107 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8042, 31.7106, 63.0887)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2CE #CE7549

analogous

#49CEB8 #49A2CE #495FCE

triadic

#49A2CE #CE49A2 #A2CE49

tetradic

#49A2CE #B849CE #CE7549 #5FCE49

square

#49A2CE #B849CE #CE7549 #5FCE49

split-complementary

#49A2CE #CE495F #CEB849

monochromatic

#215E7B #2E82AC #49A2CE #79BBDB #A9D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#49A2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#49A2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2CE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2CE	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA0D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A93CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.107 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bddd',
    500: '#49a2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2ce;
$custom-light: #89bddd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.85,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67627,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2CE

secondary

#D5B09D

accent

#7A47E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2CE

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

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