#49AACE#49AACE

#49AACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AACE
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -17.37, -26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 31.88, 236.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0725 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.104 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2585, 34.6192, 63.5735)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AACE #CE6D49

analogous

#49CEB0 #49AACE #4967CE

triadic

#49AACE #CE49AA #AACE49

tetradic

#49AACE #B049CE #CE6D49 #67CE49

square

#49AACE #B049CE #CE6D49 #67CE49

split-complementary

#49AACE #CE4967 #CEB049

monochromatic

#21637B #2E8AAC #49AACE #79C1DB #A9D7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#49AACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#49AACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AACE

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AACE	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3dd',
    500: '#49aace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aace;
$custom-light: #8ac3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.241,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.695,
    "c": 0.10408,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AACE

secondary

#D5AD9D

accent

#7147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AACE

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

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