#49ABCE#49ABCE

#49ABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.104 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ABCE
RGB	rgb(73, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -17.90, -26.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 31.79, 235.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0736 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.104 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4467, 34.9955, 63.6362)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ABCE #CE6C49

analogous

#49CEAE #49ABCE #4969CE

triadic

#49ABCE #CE49AB #ABCE49

tetradic

#49ABCE #AE49CE #CE6C49 #69CE49

square

#49ABCE #AE49CE #CE6C49 #69CE49

split-complementary

#49ABCE #CE4969 #CEAE49

monochromatic

#21647B #2E8BAC #49ABCE #79C1DB #A9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49ABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#49ABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ABCE

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ABCE	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49abce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.104 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4dd',
    500: '#49abce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49abce;
$custom-light: #8ac4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49abce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69735,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ABCE

secondary

#D5AC9D

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ABCE

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

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