#49AFCD#49AFCD

#49AFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.103 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFCD
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -20.30, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 31.42, 229.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0781 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.103 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0926, 36.4811, 63.2541)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFCD #CD6749

analogous

#49CDA9 #49AFCD #496DCD

triadic

#49AFCD #CD49AF #AFCD49

tetradic

#49AFCD #A949CD #CD6749 #6DCD49

square

#49AFCD #A949CD #CD6749 #6DCD49

split-complementary

#49AFCD #CD496D #CDA949

monochromatic

#22667A #2F8EAA #49AFCD #79C4DA #A9D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49AFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#49AFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFCD

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFCD	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.103 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dc',
    500: '#49afcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afcd;
$custom-light: #8ac7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70636,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFCD

secondary

#D5AA9D

accent

#6A48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFCD

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

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