#49ADCC#49ADCC

#49ADCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.102 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADCC
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -19.57, -24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 31.26, 231.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0764 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.102 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5859, 35.6602, 62.4916)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADCC #CC6849

analogous

#49CCA9 #49ADCC #496CCC

triadic

#49ADCC #CC49AD #ADCC49

tetradic

#49ADCC #A949CC #CC6849 #6CCC49

square

#49ADCC #A949CC #CC6849 #6CCC49

split-complementary

#49ADCC #CC496C #CCA949

monochromatic

#226479 #2F8CA9 #49ADCC #79C3D9 #A9D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49ADCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#49ADCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADCC

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADCC	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49adcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.102 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c5db',
    500: '#49adcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49adcc;
$custom-light: #89c5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49adcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.198,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADCC

secondary

#D4AA9D

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADCC

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

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