#49A0D0#49A0D0

#49A0D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.109 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A0D0
RGBrgb(73, 160, 208)
HSLhsl(201, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(201, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(62.60, -11.33, -32.24)
CIE-LCHlch(62.60, 34.18, 250.63°)
OKLaboklab(67.25% -0.0614 -0.0905)
OKLCHoklch(67.25% 0.109 235.8)
XYZxyz(26.6992, 31.1094, 64.2599)
Luminance0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A0D0 #D07949
analogous
#49D0BC #49A0D0 #495DD0
triadic
#49A0D0 #D049A0 #A0D049
tetradic
#49A0D0 #BC49D0 #D07949 #5DD049
square
#49A0D0 #BC49D0 #D07949 #5DD049
split-complementary
#49A0D0 #D0495D #D0BC49
monochromatic
#215D7E #2D81AF #49A0D0 #7AB9DD #AAD3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91
#49A0D0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22
#49A0D0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0D0
7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A0D0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A0D01.002.917.227.22
#FFFFFF2.911.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2221.001.001.00
##0000007.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#899FD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7791CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ACB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.109 235.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcde',
    500: '#49a0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a0d0;
$custom-light: #89bcde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.333,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67254,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A0D0
secondary
#D7B29E
accent
#7D46E2
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0D0

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

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#49A0D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva