#49ACDC#49ACDC

#49ACDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.115 H 232.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ACDC
RGB	rgb(73, 172, 220)
HSL	hsl(200, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(200, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 21.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -13.98, -32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 35.57, 246.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0695 -0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.115 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4134, 36.0855, 73.0586)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ACDC #DC7949

analogous

#49DCC3 #49ACDC #4962DC

triadic

#49ACDC #DC49AC #ACDC49

tetradic

#49ACDC #C349DC #DC7949 #62DC49

square

#49ACDC #C349DC #DC7949 #62DC49

split-complementary

#49ACDC #DC4962 #DCC349

monochromatic

#1C698F #258FC2 #49ACDC #7CC3E6 #B0DBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49ACDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#49ACDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ACDC

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ACDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ACDC	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809BDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49acdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 172, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.115 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc4e7',
    500: '#49acdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49acdc;
$custom-light: #8bc4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49acdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.592,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70587,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ACDC

secondary

#DEB6A3

accent

#763DEB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ACDC

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

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