#49ACD9#49ACD9

#49ACD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACD9
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 217)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, -14.95, -31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 34.63, 244.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0706 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.112 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0196, 35.9280, 70.9849)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACD9 #D97649

analogous

#49D9BE #49ACD9 #4964D9

triadic

#49ACD9 #D949AC #ACD949

tetradic

#49ACD9 #BE49D9 #D97649 #64D949

square

#49ACD9 #BE49D9 #D97649 #64D949

split-complementary

#49ACD9 #D94964 #D9BE49

monochromatic

#1D688B #288EBD #49ACD9 #7CC3E4 #AEDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49ACD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#49ACD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACD9

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACD9	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#819BD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e5',
    500: '#49acd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acd9;
$custom-light: #8bc4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70451,
    "c": 0.11245,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACD9

secondary

#DCB4A2

accent

#743FE8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACD9

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

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