#49A8CD#49A8CD

#49A8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.104 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8CD
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -16.62, -27.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 31.82, 238.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0708 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.104 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7654, 33.8266, 62.8117)
Luminance	0.3383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8CD #CD6E49

analogous

#49CDB0 #49A8CD #4966CD

triadic

#49A8CD #CD49A8 #A8CD49

tetradic

#49A8CD #B049CD #CD6E49 #66CD49

square

#49A8CD #B049CD #CD6E49 #66CD49

split-complementary

#49A8CD #CD4966 #CDB049

monochromatic

#22617A #2F88AA #49A8CD #79BFDA #A9D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49A8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#49A8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8CD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8CD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.104 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dc',
    500: '#49a8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8cd;
$custom-light: #89c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68987,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8CD

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7248E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8CD

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

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