#49A5CB#49A5CB

#49A5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.103 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5CB
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, -15.65, -27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 31.65, 240.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0684 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.103 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9780, 32.6357, 61.3659)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5CB #CB6F49

analogous

#49CBB0 #49A5CB #4964CB

triadic

#49A5CB #CB49A5 #A5CB49

tetradic

#49A5CB #B049CB #CB6F49 #64CB49

square

#49A5CB #B049CB #CB6F49 #64CB49

split-complementary

#49A5CB #CB4964 #CBB049

monochromatic

#225F77 #3084A7 #49A5CB #79BDD9 #A8D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#49A5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#49A5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5CB

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5CB	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.103 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#49a5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5cb;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68195,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5CB

secondary

#D4AC9C

accent

#7549DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5CB

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

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