#49A2D9#49A2D9

#49A2D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2D9
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 217)
HSL	hsl(203, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -9.50, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 36.99, 255.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0605 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.117 239)
XYZ	xyz(28.1875, 32.2639, 70.3742)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2D9 #D98049

analogous

#49D9C8 #49A2D9 #495AD9

triadic

#49A2D9 #D949A2 #A2D949

tetradic

#49A2D9 #C849D9 #D98049 #5AD949

square

#49A2D9 #C849D9 #D98049 #5AD949

split-complementary

#49A2D9 #D9495A #D9C849

monochromatic

#1D618B #2884BD #49A2D9 #7CBCE4 #AED6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#49A2D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#49A2D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2D9

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2D9	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7594D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbde5',
    500: '#49a2d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2d9;
$custom-light: #8bbde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.917,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68142,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.32267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2D9

secondary

#DCB8A2

accent

#803FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2D9

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

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