#49ADCD#49ADCD

#49ADCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADCD
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -19.26, -24.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 31.46, 232.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.076 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.103 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7062, 35.7083, 63.1253)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADCD #CD6949

analogous

#49CDAB #49ADCD #496BCD

triadic

#49ADCD #CD49AD #ADCD49

tetradic

#49ADCD #AB49CD #CD6949 #6BCD49

square

#49ADCD #AB49CD #CD6949 #6BCD49

split-complementary

#49ADCD #CD496B #CDAB49

monochromatic

#22657A #2F8CAA #49ADCD #79C3DA #A9D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49ADCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#49ADCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADCD

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADCD	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49adcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5dc',
    500: '#49adcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49adcd;
$custom-light: #8ac5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49adcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70164,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADCD

secondary

#D5AB9D

accent

#6D48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADCD

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

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