#49A0D8#49A0D8

#49A0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.118 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0D8
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, -8.72, -36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 37.20, 256.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0588 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.118 240)
XYZ	xyz(27.7084, 31.5130, 69.5748)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0D8 #D88149

analogous

#49D8C9 #49A0D8 #4958D8

triadic

#49A0D8 #D849A0 #A0D849

tetradic

#49A0D8 #C949D8 #D88149 #58D849

square

#49A0D8 #C949D8 #D88149 #58D849

split-complementary

#49A0D8 #D84958 #D8C949

monochromatic

#1D5F89 #2882BC #49A0D8 #7BBAE3 #AED5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#49A0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#49A0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0D8

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0D8	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7392D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.118 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce4',
    500: '#49a0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0d8;
$custom-light: #8abce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.497,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67634,
    "c": 0.11756,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.31516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0D8

secondary

#DCB8A1

accent

#8240E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0D8

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

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