#49A4D9#49A4D9

#49A4D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.116 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4D9
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 24.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -10.60, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 36.42, 253.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0625 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.116 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5427, 32.9741, 70.4926)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4D9 #D97E49

analogous

#49D9C6 #49A4D9 #495CD9

triadic

#49A4D9 #D949A4 #A4D949

tetradic

#49A4D9 #C649D9 #D97E49 #5CD949

square

#49A4D9 #C649D9 #D97E49 #5CD949

split-complementary

#49A4D9 #D9495C #D9C649

monochromatic

#1D628B #2886BD #49A4D9 #7CBDE4 #AED7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#49A4D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#49A4D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4D9

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4D9	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA3DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7795D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.116 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee5',
    500: '#49a4d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4d9;
$custom-light: #8bbee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.083,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68602,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4D9

secondary

#DCB7A2

accent

#7E3FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4D9

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

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