#49A9CF#49A9CF

#49A9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.105 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A9CF
RGB	rgb(73, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -16.52, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 32.23, 239.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0711 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.105 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1936, 34.2944, 64.1530)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A9CF #CF6F49

analogous

#49CFB2 #49A9CF #4966CF

triadic

#49A9CF #CF49A9 #A9CF49

tetradic

#49A9CF #B249CF #CF6F49 #66CF49

square

#49A9CF #B249CF #CF6F49 #66CF49

split-complementary

#49A9CF #CF4966 #CFB249

monochromatic

#21637D #2E89AD #49A9CF #79C0DC #AAD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#49A9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#49A9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A9CF

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A9CF	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.105 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#49a9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a9cf;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.015,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69309,
    "c": 0.10508,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A9CF

secondary

#D6AE9E

accent

#7246E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A9CF

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

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