#49A0D3#49A0D3

#49A0D3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.112 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A0D3
RGBrgb(73, 160, 211)
HSLhsl(202, 61%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 65%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(65.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.73, -10.36, -33.72)
CIE-LCHlch(62.73, 35.27, 252.92°)
OKLaboklab(67.4% -0.0604 -0.0947)
OKLCHoklch(67.4% 0.112 237.5)
XYZxyz(27.0718, 31.2584, 66.2221)
Luminance0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A0D3 #D37C49
analogous
#49D3C1 #49A0D3 #495BD3
triadic
#49A0D3 #D349A0 #A0D349
tetradic
#49A0D3 #C149D3 #D37C49 #5BD349
square
#49A0D3 #C149D3 #D37C49 #5BD349
split-complementary
#49A0D3 #D3495B #D3C149
monochromatic
#1F5E82 #2B81B3 #49A0D3 #7ABADF #ACD3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90
#49A0D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25
#49A0D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0D3
7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A0D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A0D31.002.907.257.25
#FFFFFF2.901.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2521.001.001.00
##0000007.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#889FD5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7592D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADB1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.112 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce0',
    500: '#49a0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a0d3;
$custom-light: #8abce0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.174,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67395,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A0D3
secondary
#D9B49F
accent
#7F44E4
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#49A0D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva