#49A3D5#49A3D5

#49A3D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.113 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3D5
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 23.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -11.36, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 35.22, 251.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0628 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.113 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8504, 32.4120, 67.7263)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3D5 #D57B49

analogous

#49D5C1 #49A3D5 #495DD5

triadic

#49A3D5 #D549A3 #A3D549

tetradic

#49A3D5 #C149D5 #D57B49 #5DD549

square

#49A3D5 #C149D5 #D57B49 #5DD549

split-complementary

#49A3D5 #D5495D #D5C149

monochromatic

#1F6085 #2A84B7 #49A3D5 #7BBCE0 #ACD5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#49A3D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#49A3D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3D5

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3D5	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA2D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.113 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee2',
    500: '#49a3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3d5;
$custom-light: #8abee2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68183,
    "c": 0.11276,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3D5

secondary

#DAB5A0

accent

#7D42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3D5

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

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