#49A5CD#49A5CD

#49A5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5CD
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -15.02, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 32.21, 242.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0677 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.105 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2179, 32.7317, 62.6292)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5CD #CD7149

analogous

#49CDB3 #49A5CD #4963CD

triadic

#49A5CD #CD49A5 #A5CD49

tetradic

#49A5CD #B349CD #CD7149 #63CD49

square

#49A5CD #B349CD #CD7149 #63CD49

split-complementary

#49A5CD #CD4963 #CDB349

monochromatic

#225F7A #2F85AA #49A5CD #79BDDA #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#49A5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5CD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5CD	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdc',
    500: '#49a5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5cd;
$custom-light: #89bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68283,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5CD

secondary

#D5AE9D

accent

#7648E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5CD

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

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