#49A0E3#49A0E3

#49A0E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.130 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0E3
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 29.5%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, -5.06, -41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 41.80, 263.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0554 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.13 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1783, 32.1010, 77.3165)
Luminance	0.3210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0E3 #E38C49

analogous

#49E3D9 #49A0E3 #4953E3

triadic

#49A0E3 #E349A0 #A0E349

tetradic

#49A0E3 #D949E3 #E38C49 #53E349

square

#49A0E3 #D949E3 #E38C49 #53E349

split-complementary

#49A0E3 #E34953 #E3D949

monochromatic

#18619A #2083CF #49A0E3 #7EBCEB #B3D7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A0E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#49A0E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0E3

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0E3	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82A2E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D93E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.130 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbec',
    500: '#49a0e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0e3;
$custom-light: #8cbbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.104,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68181,
    "c": 0.12965,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0E3

secondary

#E2C0A6

accent

#8838F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0E3

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

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