#49A1D9#49A1D9

#49A1D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1D9
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 25.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -8.94, -36.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 37.29, 256.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0595 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.118 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0121, 31.9130, 70.3157)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1D9 #D98149

analogous

#49D9C9 #49A1D9 #4959D9

triadic

#49A1D9 #D949A1 #A1D949

tetradic

#49A1D9 #C949D9 #D98149 #59D949

square

#49A1D9 #C949D9 #D98149 #59D949

split-complementary

#49A1D9 #D94959 #D9C949

monochromatic

#1D608B #2883BD #49A1D9 #7CBBE4 #AED5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#49A1D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#49A1D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1D9

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1D9	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7393D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce5',
    500: '#49a1d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1d9;
$custom-light: #8abce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67912,
    "c": 0.11798,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1D9

secondary

#DCB8A2

accent

#813FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1D9

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

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