#49A0DA#49A0DA

#49A0DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0DA
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 218)
HSL	hsl(204, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -8.06, -37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 38.00, 257.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0581 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.12 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9685, 31.6171, 70.9448)
Luminance	0.3162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0DA #DA8349

analogous

#49DACC #49A0DA #4958DA

triadic

#49A0DA #DA49A0 #A0DA49

tetradic

#49A0DA #CC49DA #DA8349 #58DA49

square

#49A0DA #CC49DA #DA8349 #58DA49

split-complementary

#49A0DA #DA4958 #DACC49

monochromatic

#1C5F8C #2782BF #49A0DA #7CBBE4 #AFD5EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#49A0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#49A0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0DA

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0DA	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7292D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbce5',
    500: '#49a0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0da;
$custom-light: #8bbce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67732,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0DA

secondary

#DDBAA2

accent

#833FE9

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0DA

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

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