#49A0D6#49A0D6

#49A0D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0D6
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 214)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -9.38, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 36.41, 255.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0594 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.115 239)
XYZ	xyz(27.4514, 31.4102, 68.2214)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0D6 #D67F49

analogous

#49D6C6 #49A0D6 #495AD6

triadic

#49A0D6 #D649A0 #A0D649

tetradic

#49A0D6 #C649D6 #D67F49 #5AD649

square

#49A0D6 #C649D6 #D67F49 #5AD649

split-complementary

#49A0D6 #D6495A #D6C649

monochromatic

#1E5E86 #2A82B8 #49A0D6 #7BBAE1 #ADD4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#49A0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#49A0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0D6

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0D6	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#49a0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0d6;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.979,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67538,
    "c": 0.11546,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.31413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0D6

secondary

#DAB7A0

accent

#8142E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0D6

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

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