#49A4E4#49A4E4

#49A4E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.128 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A4E4
RGB	rgb(73, 164, 228)
HSL	hsl(205, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -6.97, -40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 40.77, 260.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.059 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.128 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0213, 33.5656, 78.2804)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A4E4 #E48949

analogous

#49E4D7 #49A4E4 #4957E4

triadic

#49A4E4 #E449A4 #A4E449

tetradic

#49A4E4 #D749E4 #E48949 #57E449

square

#49A4E4 #D749E4 #E48949 #57E449

split-complementary

#49A4E4 #E44957 #E4D749

monochromatic

#17659C #1F87D1 #49A4E4 #7EBFEC #B4D9F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#49A4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#49A4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4E4

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A4E4	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A5E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7296E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.128 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeec',
    500: '#49a4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a4e4;
$custom-light: #8cbeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.774,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69136,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A4E4

secondary

#E3BFA6

accent

#8437F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A4E4

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

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