#49AEC9#49AEC9

#49AEC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.100 H 218.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AEC9
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -21.01, -22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 30.74, 226.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0786 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.1 218.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4220, 35.9026, 60.6790)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AEC9 #C96449

analogous

#49C9A4 #49AEC9 #496EC9

triadic

#49AEC9 #C949AE #AEC949

tetradic

#49AEC9 #A449C9 #C96449 #6EC949

square

#49AEC9 #A449C9 #C96449 #6EC949

split-complementary

#49AEC9 #C9496E #C9A449

monochromatic

#236475 #318CA4 #49AEC9 #78C3D7 #A7D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#49AEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#49AEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AEC9

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AEC9	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.100 218.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6d9',
    500: '#49aec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aec9;
$custom-light: #89c6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.656,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70235,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 218.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AEC9

secondary

#D2A79C

accent

#694ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AEC9

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

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