#49A8CF#49A8CF

#49A8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.105 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A8CF
RGB	rgb(73, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -15.99, -28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 32.35, 240.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% -0.0701 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.105 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0083, 33.9238, 64.0913)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A8CF #CF7049

analogous

#49CFB3 #49A8CF #4965CF

triadic

#49A8CF #CF49A8 #A8CF49

tetradic

#49A8CF #B349CF #CF7049 #65CF49

square

#49A8CF #B349CF #CF7049 #65CF49

split-complementary

#49A8CF #CF4965 #CFB349

monochromatic

#21627D #2E88AD #49A8CF #79BFDC #AAD6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49A8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#49A8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A8CF

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A8CF	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8197CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.105 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#49a8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a8cf;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.463,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69074,
    "c": 0.10534,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A8CF

secondary

#D6AE9E

accent

#7346E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A8CF

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

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