#49A6CB#49A6CB

#49A6CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.103 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A6CB
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 203)
HSL	hsl(197, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 18.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -16.19, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 31.52, 239.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0695 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.103 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1591, 32.9979, 61.4262)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A6CB #CB6E49

analogous

#49CBAF #49A6CB #4965CB

triadic

#49A6CB #CB49A6 #A6CB49

tetradic

#49A6CB #AF49CB #CB6E49 #65CB49

square

#49A6CB #AF49CB #CB6E49 #65CB49

split-complementary

#49A6CB #CB4965 #CBAF49

monochromatic

#225F77 #3085A7 #49A6CB #79BDD9 #A8D5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#49A6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#49A6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6CB

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A6CB	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.103 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0db',
    500: '#49a6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a6cb;
$custom-light: #89c0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.077,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6843,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A6CB

secondary

#D4AC9C

accent

#7449DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6CB

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

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