#49A7CD#49A7CD

#49A7CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A7CD
RGB	rgb(73, 167, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -16.09, -27.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 31.94, 239.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0698 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.104 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5815, 33.4588, 62.7504)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A7CD #CD6F49

analogous

#49CDB1 #49A7CD #4965CD

triadic

#49A7CD #CD49A7 #A7CD49

tetradic

#49A7CD #B149CD #CD6F49 #65CD49

square

#49A7CD #B149CD #CD6F49 #65CD49

split-complementary

#49A7CD #CD4965 #CDB149

monochromatic

#22617A #2F87AA #49A7CD #79BEDA #A9D5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#49A7CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#49A7CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A7CD

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A7CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A7CD	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a7cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 167, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c1dc',
    500: '#49a7cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a7cd;
$custom-light: #89c1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a7cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68752,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A7CD

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7448E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A7CD

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

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