#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
RGBrgb(73, 172, 217)
HSLhsl(199, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(199, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(66.46, -14.95, -31.24)
CIE-LCHlch(66.46, 34.63, 244.43°)
OKLaboklab(70.45% -0.0706 -0.0875)
OKLCHoklch(70.45% 0.112 231.1)
XYZxyz(30.0196, 35.9280, 70.9849)
Luminance0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##49ACD91.002.578.198.19
#FFFFFF2.571.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1921.001.001.00
##0000008.1921.001.001.00

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

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#49ACD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva