#49A1E3#49A1E3

#49A1E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A1E3
RGB	rgb(73, 161, 227)
HSL	hsl(206, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(206, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -5.62, -41.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 41.42, 262.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0563 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.129 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3524, 32.4491, 77.3745)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A1E3 #E38B49

analogous

#49E3D8 #49A1E3 #4954E3

triadic

#49A1E3 #E349A1 #A1E349

tetradic

#49A1E3 #D849E3 #E38B49 #54E349

square

#49A1E3 #D849E3 #E38B49 #54E349

split-complementary

#49A1E3 #E34954 #E3D849

monochromatic

#18629A #2084CF #49A1E3 #7EBCEB #B3D8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#49A1E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#49A1E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A1E3

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A1E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A1E3	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83A3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E94E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a1e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 161, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbcec',
    500: '#49a1e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a1e3;
$custom-light: #8cbcec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a1e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68407,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A1E3

secondary

#E2C0A6

accent

#8738F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A1E3

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

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