#49A0E2#49A0E2

#49A0E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.129 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0E2
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 226)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 29.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -5.39, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 41.36, 262.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0557 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.129 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0407, 32.0460, 76.5918)
Luminance	0.3205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0E2 #E28B49

analogous

#49E2D7 #49A0E2 #4953E2

triadic

#49A0E2 #E249A0 #A0E249

tetradic

#49A0E2 #D749E2 #E28B49 #53E249

square

#49A0E2 #D749E2 #E28B49 #53E249

split-complementary

#49A0E2 #E24953 #E2D749

monochromatic

#186198 #2183CD #49A0E2 #7EBCEA #B3D7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A0E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#49A0E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0E2

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0E2	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D93E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.129 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbeb',
    500: '#49a0e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0e2;
$custom-light: #8cbbeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.882,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6813,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0E2

secondary

#E2BFA5

accent

#8739EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0E2

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

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