#49ADC8#49ADC8

#49ADC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.100 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADC8
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -20.80, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 30.56, 227.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0779 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.1 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1123, 35.4708, 59.9974)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADC8 #C86449

analogous

#49C8A3 #49ADC8 #496DC8

triadic

#49ADC8 #C849AD #ADC849

tetradic

#49ADC8 #A349C8 #C86449 #6DC849

square

#49ADC8 #A349C8 #C86449 #6DC849

split-complementary

#49ADC8 #C8496D #C8A349

monochromatic

#236274 #318BA3 #49ADC8 #78C2D6 #A7D7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#49ADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#49ADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADC8

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADC8	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CA8C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49adc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.100 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5d8',
    500: '#49adc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49adc8;
$custom-light: #89c5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49adc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.756,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69957,
    "c": 0.09979,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADC8

secondary

#D2A79B

accent

#6A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADC8

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

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