#49A3E4#49A3E4

#49A3E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.129 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A3E4
RGB	rgb(73, 163, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 28.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -6.41, -40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 41.13, 261.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.058 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.129 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8431, 33.2091, 78.2210)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A3E4 #E48A49

analogous

#49E4D7 #49A3E4 #4956E4

triadic

#49A3E4 #E449A3 #A3E449

tetradic

#49A3E4 #D749E4 #E48A49 #56E449

square

#49A3E4 #D749E4 #E48A49 #56E449

split-complementary

#49A3E4 #E44956 #E4D749

monochromatic

#17649C #1F86D1 #49A3E4 #7EBEEC #B4D9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#49A3E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#49A3E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A3E4

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A3E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A3E4	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7095E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 163, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.129 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeed',
    500: '#49a3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a3e4;
$custom-light: #8cbeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.161,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68909,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A3E4

secondary

#E3BFA6

accent

#8537F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A3E4

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

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