#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
RGBrgb(73, 164, 228)
HSLhsl(205, 74%, 59%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(68%, 28.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(64.62, -6.97, -40.17)
CIE-LCHlch(64.62, 40.77, 260.16°)
OKLaboklab(69.14% -0.059 -0.1134)
OKLCHoklch(69.14% 0.128 242.5)
XYZxyz(30.0213, 33.5656, 78.2804)
Luminance0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##49A4E41.002.727.717.71
#FFFFFF2.721.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7121.001.001.00
##0000007.7121.001.001.00

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

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#49A4E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva