#49AECC#49AECC

#49AECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.102 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AECC
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 204)
HSL	hsl(194, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -20.09, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 31.24, 229.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0774 -0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.102 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7784, 36.0452, 62.5558)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AECC #CC6749

analogous

#49CCA8 #49AECC #496DCC

triadic

#49AECC #CC49AE #AECC49

tetradic

#49AECC #A849CC #CC6749 #6DCC49

square

#49AECC #A849CC #CC6749 #6DCC49

split-complementary

#49AECC #CC496D #CCA849

monochromatic

#226579 #2F8DA9 #49AECC #79C3D9 #A9D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#49AECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#49AECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AECC

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AECC	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.102 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6db',
    500: '#49aecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aecc;
$custom-light: #8ac6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.74,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70358,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AECC

secondary

#D4A99D

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AECC

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

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