#49ACD2#49ACD2

#49ACD2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.107 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACD2
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 210)
HSL	hsl(197, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -17.17, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 32.68, 238.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0731 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.107 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1284, 35.5716, 66.2912)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACD2 #D26F49

analogous

#49D2B3 #49ACD2 #4968D2

triadic

#49ACD2 #D249AC #ACD249

tetradic

#49ACD2 #B349D2 #D26F49 #68D249

square

#49ACD2 #B349D2 #D26F49 #68D249

split-complementary

#49ACD2 #D24968 #D2B349

monochromatic

#206681 #2C8DB2 #49ACD2 #7AC2DE #ABD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49ACD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#49ACD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACD2

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACD2	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.107 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e0',
    500: '#49acd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acd2;
$custom-light: #8ac4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.642,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACD2

secondary

#D8AF9F

accent

#7044E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACD2

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

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