#49A3CC#49A3CC

#49A3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3CC
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -14.26, -28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 32.23, 243.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.066 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.104 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7397, 31.9677, 61.8762)
Luminance	0.3197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3CC #CC7249

analogous

#49CCB4 #49A3CC #4962CC

triadic

#49A3CC #CC49A3 #A3CC49

tetradic

#49A3CC #B449CC #CC7249 #62CC49

square

#49A3CC #B449CC #CC7249 #62CC49

split-complementary

#49A3CC #CC4962 #CCB449

monochromatic

#225E79 #2F83A9 #49A3CC #79BBD9 #A9D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#49A3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3CC

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3CC	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedb',
    500: '#49a3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3cc;
$custom-light: #89bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67771,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3CC

secondary

#D4AE9D

accent

#7848E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3CC

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

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