#49A6CE#49A6CE

#49A6CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.105 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A6CE
RGB	rgb(73, 166, 206)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -15.24, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 32.35, 241.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0684 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.105 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5201, 33.1423, 63.3273)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A6CE #CE7149

analogous

#49CEB4 #49A6CE #4964CE

triadic

#49A6CE #CE49A6 #A6CE49

tetradic

#49A6CE #B449CE #CE7149 #64CE49

square

#49A6CE #B449CE #CE7149 #64CE49

split-complementary

#49A6CE #CE4964 #CEB449

monochromatic

#21607B #2E86AC #49A6CE #79BEDB #A9D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#49A6CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#49A6CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A6CE

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A6CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A6CE	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F96CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a6ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 166, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.105 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c0dd',
    500: '#49a6ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a6ce;
$custom-light: #89c0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a6ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.045,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68562,
    "c": 0.1051,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A6CE

secondary

#D5AE9D

accent

#7547E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A6CE

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

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