#49A0DD#49A0DD

#49A0DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.123 H 242.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0DD
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 221)
HSL	hsl(205, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 27.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -7.06, -38.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 39.23, 259.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0572 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.123 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3646, 31.7755, 73.0310)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0DD #DD8649

analogous

#49DDD0 #49A0DD #4956DD

triadic

#49A0DD #DD49A0 #A0DD49

tetradic

#49A0DD #D049DD #DD8649 #56DD49

square

#49A0DD #D049DD #DD8649 #56DD49

split-complementary

#49A0DD #DD4956 #DDD049

monochromatic

#1B6091 #2582C4 #49A0DD #7DBBE7 #B0D6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#49A0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#49A0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0DD

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0DD	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A1E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7092DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.123 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbbe8',
    500: '#49a0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0dd;
$custom-light: #8bbbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.73,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67879,
    "c": 0.12295,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0DD

secondary

#DFBCA3

accent

#853CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0DD

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

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