#49A2DD#49A2DD

#49A2DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2DD
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -8.18, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 38.57, 257.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0592 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.122 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7141, 32.4745, 73.1475)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2DD #DD8449

analogous

#49DDCE #49A2DD #4958DD

triadic

#49A2DD #DD49A2 #A2DD49

tetradic

#49A2DD #CE49DD #DD8449 #58DD49

square

#49A2DD #CE49DD #DD8449 #58DD49

split-complementary

#49A2DD #DD4958 #DDCE49

monochromatic

#1B6291 #2585C4 #49A2DD #7DBCE7 #B0D7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#49A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#49A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2DD

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2DD	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7394DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbde8',
    500: '#49a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2dd;
$custom-light: #8bbde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.919,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68335,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2DD

secondary

#DFBBA3

accent

#823CEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2DD

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

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