#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
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 196)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -21.50, -20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 29.95, 224.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0785 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.098 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4599, 34.9042, 57.5039)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49ACC4	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)

#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

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

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