#49A5CC#49A5CC

#49A5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.104 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5CC
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -15.33, -28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 31.92, 241.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% -0.0681 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.104 229)
XYZ	xyz(27.0976, 32.6835, 61.9955)
Luminance	0.3269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5CC #CC7049

analogous

#49CCB2 #49A5CC #4964CC

triadic

#49A5CC #CC49A5 #A5CC49

tetradic

#49A5CC #B249CC #CC7049 #64CC49

square

#49A5CC #B249CC #CC7049 #64CC49

split-complementary

#49A5CC #CC4964 #CCB249

monochromatic

#225F79 #2F84A9 #49A5CC #79BDD9 #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#49A5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#49A5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5CC

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5CC	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.104 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#49a5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5cc;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68239,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.32686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5CC

secondary

#D4AD9D

accent

#7548E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5CC

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

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