#49A4E2#49A4E2

#49A4E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 241.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4E2
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -7.64, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 39.95, 258.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0596 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.126 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7453, 33.4552, 76.8266)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4E2 #E28749

analogous

#49E2D4 #49A4E2 #4957E2

triadic

#49A4E2 #E249A4 #A4E249

tetradic

#49A4E2 #D449E2 #E28749 #57E249

square

#49A4E2 #D449E2 #E28749 #57E249

split-complementary

#49A4E2 #E24957 #E2D449

monochromatic

#186498 #2187CD #49A4E2 #7EBEEA #B3D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#49A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#49A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4E2

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4E2	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A5E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7396E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeeb',
    500: '#49a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4e2;
$custom-light: #8cbeeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.314,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69037,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4E2

secondary

#E2BEA5

accent

#8339EF

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4E2

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

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