#49A9CD#49A9CD

#49A9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.104 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9CD
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -17.15, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 31.72, 237.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0719 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.104 226)
XYZ	xyz(27.9507, 34.1972, 62.8735)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9CD #CD6D49

analogous

#49CDAF #49A9CD #4967CD

triadic

#49A9CD #CD49A9 #A9CD49

tetradic

#49A9CD #AF49CD #CD6D49 #67CD49

square

#49A9CD #AF49CD #CD6D49 #67CD49

split-complementary

#49A9CD #CD4967 #CDAF49

monochromatic

#22627A #2F88AA #49A9CD #79C0DA #A9D6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49A9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#49A9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9CD

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9CD	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.104 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dc',
    500: '#49a9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9cd;
$custom-light: #89c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9CD

secondary

#D5AC9D

accent

#7148E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9CD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →