#49AFCE#49AFCE

#49AFCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.103 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49AFCE
RGB	rgb(73, 175, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(194, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 15%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -19.99, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 31.60, 230.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0777 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.103 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2137, 36.5295, 63.8919)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49AFCE #CE6849

analogous

#49CEAB #49AFCE #496DCE

triadic

#49AFCE #CE49AF #AFCE49

tetradic

#49AFCE #AB49CE #CE6849 #6DCE49

square

#49AFCE #AB49CE #CE6849 #6DCE49

split-complementary

#49AFCE #CE496D #CEAB49

monochromatic

#21667B #2E8EAC #49AFCE #79C4DB #A9D9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#49AFCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#49AFCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49AFCE

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49AFCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49AFCE	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DABD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49afce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 175, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.103 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac7dd',
    500: '#49afce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49afce;
$custom-light: #8ac7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49afce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70678,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49AFCE

secondary

#D5AA9D

accent

#6B47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #49AFCE

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

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