#49ACC4#49ACC4

#49ACC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.098 H 216.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49ACC4
RGBrgb(73, 172, 196)
HSLhsl(192, 51%, 53%)
HSVhsv(192, 63%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(62.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(65.67, -21.50, -20.85)
CIE-LCHlch(65.67, 29.95, 224.11°)
OKLaboklab(69.56% -0.0785 -0.0579)
OKLCHoklch(69.56% 0.098 216.4)
XYZxyz(27.4599, 34.9042, 57.5039)
Luminance0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49ACC4 #C46149
analogous
#49C49E #49ACC4 #496FC4
triadic
#49ACC4 #C449AC #ACC449
tetradic
#49ACC4 #9E49C4 #C46149 #6FC449
square
#49ACC4 #9E49C4 #C46149 #6FC449
split-complementary
#49ACC4 #C4496F #C49E49
monochromatic
#24606F #33889D #49ACC4 #77C1D3 #A5D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63
#49ACC4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98
#49ACC4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACC4
7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49ACC4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49ACC41.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CA7C5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A9AC4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49acc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.098 216.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5d6',
    500: '#49acc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49acc4;
$custom-light: #89c5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49acc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.707,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69557,
    "c": 0.09754,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49ACC4
secondary
#CFA49A
accent
#694DDB
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FA
border
#CBD1D3
text
#0D1214
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACC4

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#49ACC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva