#49A0DC#49A0DC

#49A0DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.122 H 241.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0DC
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -7.40, -38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 38.82, 259.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0575 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.122 241.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2318, 31.7224, 72.3314)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0DC #DC8549

analogous

#49DCCF #49A0DC #4956DC

triadic

#49A0DC #DC49A0 #A0DC49

tetradic

#49A0DC #CF49DC #DC8549 #56DC49

square

#49A0DC #CF49DC #DC8549 #56DC49

split-complementary

#49A0DC #DC4956 #DCCF49

monochromatic

#1C608F #2582C2 #49A0DC #7CBBE6 #B0D6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#49A0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#49A0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0DC

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0DC	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7192DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 241.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbe7',
    500: '#49a0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0dc;
$custom-light: #8bbbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.49,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6783,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 241.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0DC

secondary

#DEBBA3

accent

#843DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0DC

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

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