#49ABC9#49ABC9

#49ABC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.100 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABC9
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 201)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -19.45, -23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 30.73, 230.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0755 -0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.1 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8489, 34.7564, 60.4880)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABC9 #C96749

analogous

#49C9A7 #49ABC9 #496BC9

triadic

#49ABC9 #C949AB #ABC949

tetradic

#49ABC9 #A749C9 #C96749 #6BC949

square

#49ABC9 #A749C9 #C96749 #6BC949

split-complementary

#49ABC9 #C9496B #C9A749

monochromatic

#236275 #3189A4 #49ABC9 #78C1D7 #A7D7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#49ABC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#49ABC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABC9

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABC9	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.100 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4d9',
    500: '#49abc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abc9;
$custom-light: #89c4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.063,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69524,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABC9

secondary

#D2A89C

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABC9

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

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