#49A4D0#49A4D0

#49A4D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.108 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4D0
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 208)
HSL	hsl(200, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 21.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -13.52, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 33.30, 246.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% -0.0656 -0.0853)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.108 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4038, 32.5186, 64.4948)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4D0 #D07549

analogous

#49D0B9 #49A4D0 #4960D0

triadic

#49A4D0 #D049A4 #A4D049

tetradic

#49A4D0 #B949D0 #D07549 #60D049

square

#49A4D0 #B949D0 #D07549 #60D049

split-complementary

#49A4D0 #D04960 #D0B949

monochromatic

#21607E #2D84AF #49A4D0 #7ABCDD #AAD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#49A4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#49A4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4D0

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4D0	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA2D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.108 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfde',
    500: '#49a4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4d0;
$custom-light: #89bfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.556,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68184,
    "c": 0.10757,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4D0

secondary

#D7B19E

accent

#7946E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4D0

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

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