#49A9CE#49A9CE

#49A9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9CE
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.16, -16.84, -27.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.16, 31.97, 238.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0715 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.104 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0718, 34.2457, 63.5112)
Luminance	0.3425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9CE #CE6E49

analogous

#49CEB1 #49A9CE #4966CE

triadic

#49A9CE #CE49A9 #A9CE49

tetradic

#49A9CE #B149CE #CE6E49 #66CE49

square

#49A9CE #B149CE #CE6E49 #66CE49

split-complementary

#49A9CE #CE4966 #CEB149

monochromatic

#21627B #2E89AC #49A9CE #79C0DB #A9D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#49A9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#49A9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9CE

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9CE	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2dd',
    500: '#49a9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9ce;
$custom-light: #89c2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.692,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69265,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9CE

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7247E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9CE

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

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