#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
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 221)
HSL	hsl(204, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(204, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 26.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -8.74, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 38.25, 256.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.0602 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.121 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8910, 32.8282, 73.2065)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##49A3DD	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3DD

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

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