#49A5CF#49A5CF

#49A5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.106 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5CF
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 207)
HSL	hsl(199, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -14.38, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 32.80, 244.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.067 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.106 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4608, 32.8289, 63.9088)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5CF #CF7349

analogous

#49CFB6 #49A5CF #4962CF

triadic

#49A5CF #CF49A5 #A5CF49

tetradic

#49A5CF #B649CF #CF7349 #62CF49

square

#49A5CF #B649CF #CF7349 #62CF49

split-complementary

#49A5CF #CF4962 #CFB649

monochromatic

#21607D #2E85AD #49A5CF #79BDDC #AAD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#49A5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5CF

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5CF	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.106 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdd',
    500: '#49a5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5cf;
$custom-light: #89bfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.806,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68373,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5CF

secondary

#D6AF9E

accent

#7746E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5CF

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

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