#49A4CD#49A4CD

#49A4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.105 H 230.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4CD
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.65, -14.48, -28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.65, 32.37, 243.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0667 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.105 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0382, 32.3723, 62.5693)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4CD #CD7249

analogous

#49CDB4 #49A4CD #4962CD

triadic

#49A4CD #CD49A4 #A4CD49

tetradic

#49A4CD #B449CD #CD7249 #62CD49

square

#49A4CD #B449CD #CD7249 #62CD49

split-complementary

#49A4CD #CD4962 #CDB449

monochromatic

#225F7A #2F84AA #49A4CD #79BCDA #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#49A4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#49A4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4CD

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4CD	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)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.105 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdc',
    500: '#49a4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4cd;
$custom-light: #89bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68049,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4CD

secondary

#D5AE9D

accent

#7748E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4CD

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

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