#49AADC#49AADC

#49AADC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.116 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AADC
RGB	rgb(73, 170, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -12.90, -33.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 36.00, 249.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0675 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.116 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0356, 35.3300, 72.9327)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AADC #DC7B49

analogous

#49DCC4 #49AADC #4961DC

triadic

#49AADC #DC49AA #AADC49

tetradic

#49AADC #C449DC #DC7B49 #61DC49

square

#49AADC #C449DC #DC7B49 #61DC49

split-complementary

#49AADC #DC4961 #DCC449

monochromatic

#1C688F #258DC2 #49AADC #7CC2E6 #B0DAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#49AADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#49AADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AADC

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AADC	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 170, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.116 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc3e7',
    500: '#49aadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aadc;
$custom-light: #8bc3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.408,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70125,
    "c": 0.11602,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AADC

secondary

#DEB7A3

accent

#783DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AADC

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

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