#49AFC8#49AFC8

#49AFC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.100 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFC8
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 12.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -21.83, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 30.63, 224.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.08 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.1 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4987, 36.2435, 60.1262)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFC8 #C86249

analogous

#49C8A1 #49AFC8 #496FC8

triadic

#49AFC8 #C849AF #AFC849

tetradic

#49AFC8 #A149C8 #C86249 #6FC849

square

#49AFC8 #A149C8 #C86249 #6FC849

split-complementary

#49AFC8 #C8496F #C8A149

monochromatic

#236474 #318CA3 #49AFC8 #78C4D6 #A7D8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#49AFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#49AFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFC8

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFC8	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAAC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.100 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c7d8',
    500: '#49afc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afc8;
$custom-light: #89c7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.811,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70432,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFC8

secondary

#D2A69B

accent

#684BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFC8

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

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