#49ACC3#49ACC3

#49ACC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.097 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACC3
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 195)
HSL	hsl(191, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 11.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -21.81, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 29.82, 223.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0789 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.097 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3465, 34.8588, 56.9064)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACC3 #C36049

analogous

#49C39D #49ACC3 #496FC3

triadic

#49ACC3 #C349AC #ACC349

tetradic

#49ACC3 #9D49C3 #C36049 #6FC349

square

#49ACC3 #9D49C3 #C36049 #6FC349

split-complementary

#49ACC3 #C3496F #C39D49

monochromatic

#24606E #33889C #49ACC3 #77C1D2 #A5D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#49ACC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#49ACC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACC3

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACC3	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA7C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.097 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5d5',
    500: '#49acc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acc3;
$custom-light: #88c5d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.311,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69517,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACC3

secondary

#CEA399

accent

#684EDA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACC3

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

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