#49A5C8#49A5C8

#49A5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.101 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5C8
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -16.60, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 30.86, 237.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% -0.0695 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.101 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.6240, 32.4941, 59.5013)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5C8 #C86C49

analogous

#49C8AB #49A5C8 #4965C8

triadic

#49A5C8 #C849A5 #A5C849

tetradic

#49A5C8 #AB49C8 #C86C49 #65C849

square

#49A5C8 #AB49C8 #C86C49 #65C849

split-complementary

#49A5C8 #C84965 #C8AB49

monochromatic

#235D74 #3183A3 #49A5C8 #78BCD6 #A7D3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#49A5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#49A5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5C8

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5C8	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.101 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfd8',
    500: '#49a5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5c8;
$custom-light: #89bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.535,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68065,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5C8

secondary

#D2AA9B

accent

#734BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5C8

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

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