#49ACD6#49ACD6

#49ACD6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.110 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACD6
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 214)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -15.90, -29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 33.75, 241.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0717 -0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.11 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6330, 35.7734, 68.9485)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACD6 #D67349

analogous

#49D6BA #49ACD6 #4966D6

triadic

#49ACD6 #D649AC #ACD649

tetradic

#49ACD6 #BA49D6 #D67349 #66D649

square

#49ACD6 #BA49D6 #D67349 #66D649

split-complementary

#49ACD6 #D64966 #D6BA49

monochromatic

#1E6786 #2A8EB8 #49ACD6 #7BC3E1 #ADDAED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49ACD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#49ACD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACD6

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACD6	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.110 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e2',
    500: '#49acd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acd6;
$custom-light: #8bc4e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.872,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70317,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACD6

secondary

#DAB2A0

accent

#7342E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACD6

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

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