#49A5CE#49A5CE

#49A5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.105 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5CE
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -14.70, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 32.50, 243.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0673 -0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.105 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3390, 32.7801, 63.2670)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5CE #CE7249

analogous

#49CEB4 #49A5CE #4963CE

triadic

#49A5CE #CE49A5 #A5CE49

tetradic

#49A5CE #B449CE #CE7249 #63CE49

square

#49A5CE #B449CE #CE7249 #63CE49

split-complementary

#49A5CE #CE4963 #CEB449

monochromatic

#21607B #2E85AC #49A5CE #79BDDB #A9D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#49A5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5CE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5CE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.105 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdd',
    500: '#49a5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5ce;
$custom-light: #89bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.496,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68328,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5CE

secondary

#D5AF9D

accent

#7647E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5CE

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

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