#49A1E1#49A1E1

#49A1E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A1E1
RGBrgb(73, 161, 225)
HSLhsl(205, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(63.62, -6.29, -40.08)
CIE-LCHlch(63.62, 40.57, 261.08°)
OKLaboklab(68.31% -0.0569 -0.1131)
OKLCHoklch(68.31% 0.127 243.3)
XYZxyz(29.0779, 32.3393, 75.9292)
Luminance0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A1E1 #E18949
analogous
#49E1D5 #49A1E1 #4955E1
triadic
#49A1E1 #E149A1 #A1E149
tetradic
#49A1E1 #D549E1 #E18949 #55E149
square
#49A1E1 #D549E1 #E18949 #55E149
split-complementary
#49A1E1 #E14955 #E1D549
monochromatic
#196297 #2284CB #49A1E1 #7EBCEA #B2D7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81
#49A1E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47
#49A1E1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1E1
7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A1E1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A1E11.002.817.477.47
#FFFFFF2.811.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4721.001.001.00
##0000007.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84A2E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F94E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a1e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 243.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbcea',
    500: '#49a1e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a1e1;
$custom-light: #8cbcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a1e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68306,
    "c": 0.12665,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A1E1
secondary
#E1BEA5
accent
#8639EE
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

Preview Lab

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#49A1E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva