#49ABCC#49ABCC

#49ABCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.102 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABCC
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -18.52, -25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 31.34, 233.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0743 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.102 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2053, 34.8990, 62.3648)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABCC #CC6A49

analogous

#49CCAC #49ABCC #4969CC

triadic

#49ABCC #CC49AB #ABCC49

tetradic

#49ABCC #AC49CC #CC6A49 #69CC49

square

#49ABCC #AC49CC #CC6A49 #69CC49

split-complementary

#49ABCC #CC4969 #CCAC49

monochromatic

#226379 #2F8AA9 #49ABCC #79C1D9 #A9D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49ABCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#49ABCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABCC

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABCC	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.102 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c4db',
    500: '#49abcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abcc;
$custom-light: #89c4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.115,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6965,
    "c": 0.10245,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABCC

secondary

#D4AB9D

accent

#6E48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABCC

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

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