#49A3DC#49A3DC

#49A3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3DC
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 25.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -9.07, -36.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 37.86, 256.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0605 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.12 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7581, 32.7751, 72.5069)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3DC #DC8249

analogous

#49DCCB #49A3DC #495ADC

triadic

#49A3DC #DC49A3 #A3DC49

tetradic

#49A3DC #CB49DC #DC8249 #5ADC49

square

#49A3DC #CB49DC #DC8249 #5ADC49

split-complementary

#49A3DC #DC495A #DCCB49

monochromatic

#1C628F #2586C2 #49A3DC #7CBDE6 #B0D7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#49A3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3DC

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3DC	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7595DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee7',
    500: '#49a3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3dc;
$custom-light: #8bbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68515,
    "c": 0.11989,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3DC

secondary

#DEBAA3

accent

#803DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3DC

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

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