#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
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 215)
HSL	hsl(202, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 24.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -10.71, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 35.95, 252.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0622 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.115 237.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1058, 32.5142, 69.0715)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##49A3D7	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)

#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

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

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