#49A9CC#49A9CC

#49A9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.103 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9CC
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, -17.47, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 31.48, 236.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0722 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.103 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8304, 34.1491, 62.2398)
Luminance	0.3415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9CC #CC6C49

analogous

#49CCAE #49A9CC #4968CC

triadic

#49A9CC #CC49A9 #A9CC49

tetradic

#49A9CC #AE49CC #CC6C49 #68CC49

square

#49A9CC #AE49CC #CC6C49 #68CC49

split-complementary

#49A9CC #CC4968 #CCAE49

monochromatic

#226279 #2F88A9 #49A9CC #79C0D9 #A9D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49A9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#49A9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9CC

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9CC	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.103 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2db',
    500: '#49a9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9cc;
$custom-light: #89c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69179,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9CC

secondary

#D4AB9D

accent

#7148E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9CC

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

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