#49A4CB#49A4CB

#49A4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.103 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4CB
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -15.11, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 31.78, 241.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.0674 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.103 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7984, 32.2764, 61.3060)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4CB #CB7049

analogous

#49CBB1 #49A4CB #4963CB

triadic

#49A4CB #CB49A4 #A4CB49

tetradic

#49A4CB #B149CB #CB7049 #63CB49

square

#49A4CB #B149CB #CB7049 #63CB49

split-complementary

#49A4CB #CB4963 #CBB149

monochromatic

#225E77 #3083A7 #49A4CB #79BCD9 #A8D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#49A4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#49A4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4CB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4CB	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.103 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#49a4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4cb;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67961,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4CB

secondary

#D4AD9C

accent

#7649DF

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4CB

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

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