#49A2D8#49A2D8

#49A2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.116 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A2D8
RGBrgb(73, 162, 216)
HSLhsl(203, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(203, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 25%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(63.52, -9.83, -35.26)
CIE-LCHlch(63.52, 36.60, 254.43°)
OKLaboklab(68.09% -0.0608 -0.0992)
OKLCHoklch(68.09% 0.116 238.5)
XYZxyz(28.0579, 32.2120, 69.6913)
Luminance0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A2D8 #D87F49
analogous
#49D8C6 #49A2D8 #495BD8
triadic
#49A2D8 #D849A2 #A2D849
tetradic
#49A2D8 #C649D8 #D87F49 #5BD849
square
#49A2D8 #C649D8 #D87F49 #5BD849
split-complementary
#49A2D8 #D8495B #D8C649
monochromatic
#1D6089 #2884BC #49A2D8 #7BBCE3 #AED6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82
#49A2D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44
#49A2D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2D8
7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A2D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A2D81.002.827.447.44
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4421.001.001.00
##0000007.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#89A2DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7594D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.116 238.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abde4',
    500: '#49a2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a2d8;
$custom-light: #8abde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.657,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68094,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A2D8
secondary
#DCB7A1
accent
#7F40E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#49A2D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva