#49A5C0#49A5C0

#49A5C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.095 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5C0
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 192)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 14.1%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -19.08, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 29.13, 229.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0726 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.095 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7134, 32.1299, 54.7055)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5C0 #C06449

analogous

#49C09F #49A5C0 #496AC0

triadic

#49A5C0 #C049A5 #A5C049

tetradic

#49A5C0 #9F49C0 #C06449 #6AC049

square

#49A5C0 #9F49C0 #C06449 #6AC049

split-complementary

#49A5C0 #C0496A #C09F49

monochromatic

#255A6A #348197 #49A5C0 #76BBD0 #A4D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#49A5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5C0

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5C0	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8394C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.095 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd3',
    500: '#49a5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5c0;
$custom-light: #88bfd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.613,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67726,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5C0

secondary

#CCA498

accent

#6F50D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5C0

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

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