#49A4DC#49A4DC

#49A4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.119 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4DC
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 220)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 25.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -9.62, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 37.56, 255.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.0615 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.119 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9364, 33.1316, 72.5663)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4DC #DC8149

analogous

#49DCCA #49A4DC #495BDC

triadic

#49A4DC #DC49A4 #A4DC49

tetradic

#49A4DC #CA49DC #DC8149 #5BDC49

square

#49A4DC #CA49DC #DC8149 #5BDC49

split-complementary

#49A4DC #DC495B #DCCA49

monochromatic

#1C638F #2587C2 #49A4DC #7CBEE6 #B0D7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#49A4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#49A4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4DC

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4DC	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)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7695DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.119 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbee7',
    500: '#49a4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4dc;
$custom-light: #8bbee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68745,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4DC

secondary

#DEB9A3

accent

#7F3DEB

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F6FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4DC

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

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