#49ABC8#49ABC8

#49ABC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABC8
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 200)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 14.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, -19.76, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 30.55, 229.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.0758 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.1 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7317, 34.7095, 59.8705)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABC8 #C86649

analogous

#49C8A5 #49ABC8 #496BC8

triadic

#49ABC8 #C849AB #ABC849

tetradic

#49ABC8 #A549C8 #C86649 #6BC849

square

#49ABC8 #A549C8 #C86649 #6BC849

split-complementary

#49ABC8 #C8496B #C8A549

monochromatic

#236174 #3189A3 #49ABC8 #78C1D6 #A7D6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#49ABC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#49ABC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABC8

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABC8	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4d8',
    500: '#49abc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abc8;
$custom-light: #89c4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.701,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69483,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABC8

secondary

#D2A89B

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABC8

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

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