#49A1D8#49A1D8

#49A1D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1D8
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 216)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 25.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -9.27, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 36.90, 255.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0598 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.117 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8824, 31.8611, 69.6328)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1D8 #D88049

analogous

#49D8C8 #49A1D8 #495AD8

triadic

#49A1D8 #D849A1 #A1D849

tetradic

#49A1D8 #C849D8 #D88049 #5AD849

square

#49A1D8 #C849D8 #D88049 #5AD849

split-complementary

#49A1D8 #D8495A #D8C849

monochromatic

#1D6089 #2883BC #49A1D8 #7BBBE3 #AED5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#49A1D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#49A1D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1D8

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1D8	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A1DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7493D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce4',
    500: '#49a1d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1d8;
$custom-light: #8abce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67864,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1D8

secondary

#DCB8A1

accent

#8140E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1D8

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

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