#49ACD3#49ACD3

#49ACD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.107 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACD3
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 211)
HSL	hsl(197, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -16.85, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 32.93, 239.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0728 -0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.107 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2534, 35.6215, 66.9493)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACD3 #D37049

analogous

#49D3B5 #49ACD3 #4967D3

triadic

#49ACD3 #D349AC #ACD349

tetradic

#49ACD3 #B549D3 #D37049 #67D349

square

#49ACD3 #B549D3 #D37049 #67D349

split-complementary

#49ACD3 #D34967 #D3B549

monochromatic

#1F6682 #2B8DB3 #49ACD3 #7AC2DF #ACD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49ACD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#49ACD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACD3

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACD3	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.107 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e0',
    500: '#49acd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acd3;
$custom-light: #8ac4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.957,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70186,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACD3

secondary

#D9AF9F

accent

#7144E4

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACD3

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

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