#49A6CD#49A6CD

#49A6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A6CD
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -15.55, -28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 32.07, 240.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0687 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.104 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3990, 33.0938, 62.6896)
Luminance	0.3310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A6CD #CD7049

analogous

#49CDB2 #49A6CD #4964CD

triadic

#49A6CD #CD49A6 #A6CD49

tetradic

#49A6CD #B249CD #CD7049 #64CD49

square

#49A6CD #B249CD #CD7049 #64CD49

split-complementary

#49A6CD #CD4964 #CDB249

monochromatic

#22607A #2F86AA #49A6CD #79BDDA #A9D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#49A6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#49A6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6CD

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A6CD	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0dc',
    500: '#49a6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a6cd;
$custom-light: #89c0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68518,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A6CD

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7548E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6CD

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

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