#49A3CB#49A3CB

#49A3CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.104 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3CB
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -14.57, -28.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 31.93, 242.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0663 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.104 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6201, 31.9199, 61.2466)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3CB #CB7149

analogous

#49CBB2 #49A3CB #4962CB

triadic

#49A3CB #CB49A3 #A3CB49

tetradic

#49A3CB #B249CB #CB7149 #62CB49

square

#49A3CB #B249CB #CB7149 #62CB49

split-complementary

#49A3CB #CB4962 #CBB249

monochromatic

#225D77 #3082A7 #49A3CB #79BBD9 #A8D3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A3CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#49A3CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3CB

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3CB	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D93CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.104 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedb',
    500: '#49a3cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3cb;
$custom-light: #89bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67726,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3CB

secondary

#D4AD9C

accent

#7749DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3CB

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

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