#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
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 208)
HSL	hsl(201, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 23.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -11.33, -32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 34.18, 250.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0614 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.109 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6992, 31.1094, 64.2599)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##49A0D0	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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