#49ABCA#49ABCA

#49ABCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.101 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABCA
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 202)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -19.14, -24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 30.93, 231.76°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0751 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.101 222)
XYZ	xyz(27.9669, 34.8036, 61.1095)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABCA #CA6849

analogous

#49CAA9 #49ABCA #496BCA

triadic

#49ABCA #CA49AB #ABCA49

tetradic

#49ABCA #A949CA #CA6849 #6BCA49

square

#49ABCA #A949CA #CA6849 #6BCA49

split-complementary

#49ABCA #CA496B #CAA949

monochromatic

#226276 #3089A6 #49ABCA #78C1D8 #A8D7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#49ABCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#49ABCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABCA

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABCA	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8699CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.101 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4da',
    500: '#49abca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abca;
$custom-light: #89c4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.419,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69566,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.34807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABCA

secondary

#D3A99C

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABCA

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

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