#49A1DC#49A1DC

#49A1DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1DC
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 220)
HSL	hsl(204, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 26.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -7.95, -37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 38.49, 258.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0585 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.121 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.4058, 32.0705, 72.3895)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1DC #DC8449

analogous

#49DCCE #49A1DC #4957DC

triadic

#49A1DC #DC49A1 #A1DC49

tetradic

#49A1DC #CE49DC #DC8449 #57DC49

square

#49A1DC #CE49DC #DC8449 #57DC49

split-complementary

#49A1DC #DC4957 #DCCE49

monochromatic

#1C618F #2583C2 #49A1DC #7CBCE6 #B0D6F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#49A1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#49A1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1DC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1DC	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)

#86A2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7293DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbce7',
    500: '#49a1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1dc;
$custom-light: #8bbce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.082,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68058,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1DC

secondary

#DEBBA3

accent

#833DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1DC

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

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