#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
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 225)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 28.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -6.29, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 40.57, 261.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0569 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.127 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0779, 32.3393, 75.9292)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##49A1E1	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #49A1E1

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

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