#49AECE#49AECE

#49AECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.103 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AECE
RGB	rgb(73, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -19.47, -24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 31.63, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0767 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.103 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.0198, 36.1417, 63.8272)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AECE #CE6949

analogous

#49CEAC #49AECE #496CCE

triadic

#49AECE #CE49AE #AECE49

tetradic

#49AECE #AC49CE #CE6949 #6CCE49

square

#49AECE #AC49CE #CE6949 #6CCE49

split-complementary

#49AECE #CE496C #CEAC49

monochromatic

#21667B #2E8DAC #49AECE #79C3DB #A9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49AECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#49AECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AECE

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AECE	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49aece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.103 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6dd',
    500: '#49aece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49aece;
$custom-light: #8ac6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49aece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.436,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70442,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AECE

secondary

#D5AB9D

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AECE

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

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