#49A3D7#49A3D7

#49A3D7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.115 H 237.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A3D7
RGBrgb(73, 163, 215)
HSLhsl(202, 64%, 56%)
HSVhsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(66%, 24.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(63.77, -10.71, -34.32)
CIE-LCHlch(63.77, 35.95, 252.68°)
OKLaboklab(68.28% -0.0622 -0.0964)
OKLCHoklch(68.28% 0.115 237.2)
XYZxyz(28.1058, 32.5142, 69.0715)
Luminance0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A3D7 #D77D49
analogous
#49D7C4 #49A3D7 #495CD7
triadic
#49A3D7 #D749A3 #A3D749
tetradic
#49A3D7 #C449D7 #D77D49 #5CD749
square
#49A3D7 #C449D7 #D77D49 #5CD749
split-complementary
#49A3D7 #D7495C #D7C449
monochromatic
#1E6188 #2985BA #49A3D7 #7BBCE2 #ADD6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80
#49A3D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50
#49A3D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3D7
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A3D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A3D71.002.807.507.50
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5021.001.001.00
##0000007.5021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA2D9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7794D6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.115 237.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abee3',
    500: '#49a3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a3d7;
$custom-light: #8abee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.972,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68277,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 237.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A3D7
secondary
#DBB6A1
accent
#7E41E7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3D7

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#49A3D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva