#49ACD4#49ACD4

#49ACD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.108 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACD4
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(197, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.27, -16.54, -28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.27, 33.20, 240.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0724 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.108 228)
XYZ	xyz(29.3791, 35.6718, 67.6116)
Luminance	0.3568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACD4 #D47149

analogous

#49D4B6 #49ACD4 #4966D4

triadic

#49ACD4 #D449AC #ACD449

tetradic

#49ACD4 #B649D4 #D47149 #66D449

square

#49ACD4 #B649D4 #D47149 #66D449

split-complementary

#49ACD4 #D44966 #D4B649

monochromatic

#1F6784 #2B8DB5 #49ACD4 #7BC3E0 #ACD9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49ACD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#49ACD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACD4

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACD4	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#849BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.108 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4e1',
    500: '#49acd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acd4;
$custom-light: #8ac4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.266,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70229,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.35675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACD4

secondary

#D9B0A0

accent

#7243E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACD4

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

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