#49A3CD#49A3CD

#49A3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.105 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3CD
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -13.94, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 32.54, 244.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0656 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.105 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8600, 32.0158, 62.5099)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3CD #CD7349

analogous

#49CDB5 #49A3CD #4961CD

triadic

#49A3CD #CD49A3 #A3CD49

tetradic

#49A3CD #B549CD #CD7349 #61CD49

square

#49A3CD #B549CD #CD7349 #61CD49

split-complementary

#49A3CD #CD4961 #CDB549

monochromatic

#225E7A #2F83AA #49A3CD #79BBDA #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#49A3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3CD

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3CD	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C93CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.105 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedc',
    500: '#49a3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3cd;
$custom-light: #89bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67816,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3CD

secondary

#D5AF9D

accent

#7848E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3CD

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

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