#49AACC#49AACC

#49AACC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.103 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AACC
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 204)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -18.00, -25.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 31.40, 235.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0733 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.103 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0171, 34.5226, 62.3020)
Luminance	0.3453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AACC #CC6B49

analogous

#49CCAD #49AACC #4968CC

triadic

#49AACC #CC49AA #AACC49

tetradic

#49AACC #AD49CC #CC6B49 #68CC49

square

#49AACC #AD49CC #CC6B49 #68CC49

split-complementary

#49AACC #CC4968 #CCAD49

monochromatic

#226279 #2F89A9 #49AACC #79C0D9 #A9D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#49AACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#49AACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AACC

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AACC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AACC	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8599CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.103 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3db',
    500: '#49aacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aacc;
$custom-light: #89c3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69415,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AACC

secondary

#D4AB9D

accent

#7048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AACC

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

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