#49AEC7#49AEC7

#49AEC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEC7
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 199)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 12.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -21.62, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 30.45, 224.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0794 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.099 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1883, 35.8091, 59.4481)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEC7 #C76249

analogous

#49C7A1 #49AEC7 #496FC7

triadic

#49AEC7 #C749AE #AEC749

tetradic

#49AEC7 #A149C7 #C76249 #6FC749

square

#49AEC7 #A149C7 #C76249 #6FC749

split-complementary

#49AEC7 #C7496F #C7A149

monochromatic

#236372 #328BA1 #49AEC7 #78C3D5 #A7D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49AEC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#49AEC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEC7

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEC7	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6d8',
    500: '#49aec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aec7;
$custom-light: #89c6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.905,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEC7

secondary

#D1A69B

accent

#684BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEC7

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

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