#49AECB#49AECB

#49AECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AECB
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 203)
HSL	hsl(193, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 14.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -20.40, -23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 31.07, 228.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0778 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.102 220)
XYZ	xyz(28.6588, 35.9973, 61.9262)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AECB #CB6649

analogous

#49CBA7 #49AECB #496DCB

triadic

#49AECB #CB49AE #AECB49

tetradic

#49AECB #A749CB #CB6649 #6DCB49

square

#49AECB #A749CB #CB6649 #6DCB49

split-complementary

#49AECB #CB496D #CBA749

monochromatic

#226477 #308CA7 #49AECB #79C3D9 #A8D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49AECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#49AECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AECB

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AECB	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6db',
    500: '#49aecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aecb;
$custom-light: #89c6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70317,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.36
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AECB

secondary

#D4A99C

accent

#6A49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AECB

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

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