#49A8CC#49A8CC

#49A8CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.103 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8CC
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -16.94, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 31.57, 237.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.0712 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.103 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6450, 33.7785, 62.1780)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8CC #CC6D49

analogous

#49CCAF #49A8CC #4967CC

triadic

#49A8CC #CC49A8 #A8CC49

tetradic

#49A8CC #AF49CC #CC6D49 #67CC49

square

#49A8CC #AF49CC #CC6D49 #67CC49

split-complementary

#49A8CC #CC4967 #CCAF49

monochromatic

#226179 #2F87A9 #49A8CC #79BFD9 #A9D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49A8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#49A8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8CC

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8CC	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.103 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2db',
    500: '#49a8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8cc;
$custom-light: #89c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68944,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8CC

secondary

#D4AC9D

accent

#7248E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8CC

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

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