#49A3CE#49A3CE

#49A3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.106 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3CE
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -13.62, -29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 32.85, 245.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0653 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.106 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9811, 32.0643, 63.1476)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3CE #CE7449

analogous

#49CEB6 #49A3CE #4961CE

triadic

#49A3CE #CE49A3 #A3CE49

tetradic

#49A3CE #B649CE #CE7449 #61CE49

square

#49A3CE #B649CE #CE7449 #61CE49

split-complementary

#49A3CE #CE4961 #CEB649

monochromatic

#215E7B #2E83AC #49A3CE #79BBDB #A9D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#49A3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3CE

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3CE	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.106 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedd',
    500: '#49a3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3ce;
$custom-light: #89bedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67861,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3CE

secondary

#D5AF9D

accent

#7947E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3CE

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

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