#49A4CC#49A4CC

#49A4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4CC
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -14.80, -28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 32.07, 242.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% -0.067 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.104 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9179, 32.3242, 61.9356)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4CC #CC7149

analogous

#49CCB3 #49A4CC #4963CC

triadic

#49A4CC #CC49A4 #A4CC49

tetradic

#49A4CC #B349CC #CC7149 #63CC49

square

#49A4CC #B349CC #CC7149 #63CC49

split-complementary

#49A4CC #CC4963 #CCB349

monochromatic

#225E79 #2F84A9 #49A4CC #79BCD9 #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#49A4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#49A4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4CC

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4CC	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#49a4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4cc;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68005,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4CC

secondary

#D4AE9D

accent

#7648E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4CC

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

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