#49A4E3#49A4E3

#49A4E3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4E3
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(205, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -7.30, -39.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 40.36, 259.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0593 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.127 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8829, 33.5102, 77.5514)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4E3 #E38849

analogous

#49E3D5 #49A4E3 #4957E3

triadic

#49A4E3 #E349A4 #A4E349

tetradic

#49A4E3 #D549E3 #E38849 #57E349

square

#49A4E3 #D549E3 #E38849 #57E349

split-complementary

#49A4E3 #E34957 #E3D549

monochromatic

#18659A #2087CF #49A4E3 #7EBFEB #B3D9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#49A4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#49A4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4E3

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4E3	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeec',
    500: '#49a4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4e3;
$custom-light: #8cbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69086,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4E3

secondary

#E2BEA6

accent

#8338F0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4E3

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

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