#49A3DD#49A3DD

#49A3DD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A3DD
RGBrgb(73, 163, 221)
HSLhsl(204, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(204, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(64.02, -8.74, -37.24)
CIE-LCHlch(64.02, 38.25, 256.80°)
OKLaboklab(68.56% -0.0602 -0.1049)
OKLCHoklch(68.56% 0.121 240.2)
XYZxyz(28.8910, 32.8282, 73.2065)
Luminance0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A3DD #DD8349
analogous
#49DDCD #49A3DD #4959DD
triadic
#49A3DD #DD49A3 #A3DD49
tetradic
#49A3DD #CD49DD #DD8349 #59DD49
square
#49A3DD #CD49DD #DD8349 #59DD49
split-complementary
#49A3DD #DD4959 #DDCD49
monochromatic
#1B6391 #2586C4 #49A3DD #7DBDE7 #B0D7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78
#49A3DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57
#49A3DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3DD
7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A3DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A3DD1.002.787.577.57
#FFFFFF2.781.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5721.001.001.00
##0000007.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#88A3E0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7495DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B1B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 240.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee8',
    500: '#49a3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a3dd;
$custom-light: #8bbee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.514,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68564,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A3DD
secondary
#DFBAA3
accent
#813CEB
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#49A3DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva