#49ADCE#49ADCE

#49ADCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.104 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49ADCE
RGB	rgb(73, 173, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 16%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -18.95, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 31.67, 233.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0756 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.104 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8273, 35.7568, 63.7631)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49ADCE #CE6A49

analogous

#49CEAC #49ADCE #496BCE

triadic

#49ADCE #CE49AD #ADCE49

tetradic

#49ADCE #AC49CE #CE6A49 #6BCE49

square

#49ADCE #AC49CE #CE6A49 #6BCE49

split-complementary

#49ADCE #CE496B #CEAC49

monochromatic

#21657B #2E8CAC #49ADCE #79C3DB #A9D8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#49ADCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#49ADCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49ADCE

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49ADCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49ADCE	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA9D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49adce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 173, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.104 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac5dd',
    500: '#49adce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49adce;
$custom-light: #8ac5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49adce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.887,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70206,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49ADCE

secondary

#D5AB9D

accent

#6D47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49ADCE

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

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