#49A8CE#49A8CE

#49A8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.105 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8CE
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -16.31, -27.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 32.09, 239.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0705 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.105 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8864, 33.8750, 63.4494)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8CE #CE6F49

analogous

#49CEB2 #49A8CE #4965CE

triadic

#49A8CE #CE49A8 #A8CE49

tetradic

#49A8CE #B249CE #CE6F49 #65CE49

square

#49A8CE #B249CE #CE6F49 #65CE49

split-complementary

#49A8CE #CE4965 #CEB249

monochromatic

#21627B #2E88AC #49A8CE #79BFDB #A9D6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49A8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#49A8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8CE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8CE	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.105 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dd',
    500: '#49a8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8ce;
$custom-light: #89c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69031,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8CE

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7347E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8CE

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

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