#49A3E3#49A3E3

#49A3E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 242.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3E3
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 28.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -6.75, -40.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 40.70, 260.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0583 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.127 242.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.7047, 33.1537, 77.4920)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3E3 #E38949

analogous

#49E3D6 #49A3E3 #4956E3

triadic

#49A3E3 #E349A3 #A3E349

tetradic

#49A3E3 #D649E3 #E38949 #56E349

square

#49A3E3 #D649E3 #E38949 #56E349

split-complementary

#49A3E3 #E34956 #E3D649

monochromatic

#18649A #2086CF #49A3E3 #7EBEEB #B3D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#49A3E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#49A3E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3E3

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3E3	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7195E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 242.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeec',
    500: '#49a3e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3e3;
$custom-light: #8cbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.935,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68859,
    "c": 0.12742,
    "h": 242.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3E3

secondary

#E2BFA6

accent

#8438F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3E3

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

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