#49A4D5#49A4D5

#49A4D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4D5
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 23%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -11.90, -32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 34.98, 250.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% -0.0638 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.112 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0287, 32.7685, 67.7857)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4D5 #D57A49

analogous

#49D5C0 #49A4D5 #495ED5

triadic

#49A4D5 #D549A4 #A4D549

tetradic

#49A4D5 #C049D5 #D57A49 #5ED549

square

#49A4D5 #C049D5 #D57A49 #5ED549

split-complementary

#49A4D5 #D5495E #D5C049

monochromatic

#1F6185 #2A85B7 #49A4D5 #7BBDE0 #ACD6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#49A4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#49A4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4D5

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4D5	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA3D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7995D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfe2',
    500: '#49a4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4d5;
$custom-light: #8abfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68414,
    "c": 0.11225,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4D5

secondary

#DAB4A0

accent

#7B42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4D5

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

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