#49A0EE#49A0EE

#49A0EE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.142 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A0EE
RGB	rgb(73, 160, 238)
HSL	hsl(208, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(208, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 32.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -1.34, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 46.76, 268.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0522 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.142 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7453, 32.7278, 85.5691)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A0EE #EE9749

analogous

#49EEEA #49A0EE #494DEE

triadic

#49A0EE #EE49A0 #A0EE49

tetradic

#49A0EE #EA49EE #EE9749 #4DEE49

square

#49A0EE #EA49EE #EE9749 #4DEE49

split-complementary

#49A0EE #EE494D #EEEA49

monochromatic

#1063AC #1583E4 #49A0EE #81BDF3 #B9DAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A0EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#49A0EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A0EE

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A0EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A0EE	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7DA4F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6694EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a0ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 160, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.142 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ebbf4',
    500: '#49a0ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a0ee;
$custom-light: #8ebbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a0ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.364,
    "s": 82.915,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68754,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A0EE

secondary

#E9C8AA

accent

#6D06DF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1117

muted

#7E8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A0EE

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

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