#49A3CA#49A3CA

#49A3CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.103 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3CA
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 202)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -14.89, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 31.64, 241.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0667 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.103 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5013, 31.8724, 60.6210)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3CA #CA7049

analogous

#49CAB1 #49A3CA #4963CA

triadic

#49A3CA #CA49A3 #A3CA49

tetradic

#49A3CA #B149CA #CA7049 #63CA49

square

#49A3CA #B149CA #CA7049 #63CA49

split-complementary

#49A3CA #CA4963 #CAB149

monochromatic

#225D76 #3082A6 #49A3CA #78BBD8 #A8D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#49A3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#49A3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3CA

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3CA	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.103 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89beda',
    500: '#49a3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3ca;
$custom-light: #89beda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67682,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3CA

secondary

#D3AD9C

accent

#774ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3CA

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

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