#49A5CA#49A5CA

#49A5CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5CA
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 202)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -15.97, -27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 31.38, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0688 -0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.102 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8592, 32.5882, 60.7403)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5CA #CA6E49

analogous

#49CAAF #49A5CA #4965CA

triadic

#49A5CA #CA49A5 #A5CA49

tetradic

#49A5CA #AF49CA #CA6E49 #65CA49

square

#49A5CA #AF49CA #CA6E49 #65CA49

split-complementary

#49A5CA #CA4965 #CAAF49

monochromatic

#225E76 #3084A6 #49A5CA #78BCD8 #A8D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#49A5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#49A5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5CA

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5CA	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfda',
    500: '#49a5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5ca;
$custom-light: #89bfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.209,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68151,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5CA

secondary

#D3AC9C

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5CA

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

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