#49AECD#49AECD

#49AECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.103 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AECD
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 15.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -19.78, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 31.43, 231.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0771 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.103 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8987, 36.0933, 63.1895)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AECD #CD6849

analogous

#49CDAA #49AECD #496CCD

triadic

#49AECD #CD49AE #AECD49

tetradic

#49AECD #AA49CD #CD6849 #6CCD49

square

#49AECD #AA49CD #CD6849 #6CCD49

split-complementary

#49AECD #CD496C #CDAA49

monochromatic

#22657A #2F8DAA #49AECD #79C3DA #A9D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49AECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#49AECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AECD

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AECD	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.103 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6dc',
    500: '#49aecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aecd;
$custom-light: #8ac6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.704,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AECD

secondary

#D5AA9D

accent

#6B48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AECD

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

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