#49A2E2#49A2E2

#49A2E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.127 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A2E2
RGB	rgb(73, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, -6.52, -40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 40.64, 260.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0576 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.127 243)
XYZ	xyz(29.3902, 32.7450, 76.7083)
Luminance	0.3275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A2E2 #E28949

analogous

#49E2D5 #49A2E2 #4955E2

triadic

#49A2E2 #E249A2 #A2E249

tetradic

#49A2E2 #D549E2 #E28949 #55E249

square

#49A2E2 #D549E2 #E28949 #55E249

split-complementary

#49A2E2 #E24955 #E2D549

monochromatic

#186398 #2185CD #49A2E2 #7EBDEA #B3D8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#49A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A2E2

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A2E2	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85A3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7094E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.127 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbdeb',
    500: '#49a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a2e2;
$custom-light: #8cbdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.098,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68583,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.32748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A2E2

secondary

#E2BEA5

accent

#8539EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A2E2

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

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