#49A4E6#49A4E6

#49A4E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.130 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#49A4E6
RGBrgb(73, 164, 230)
HSLhsl(205, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(205, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 28.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.71, -6.30, -41.14)
CIE-LCHlch(64.71, 41.62, 261.29°)
OKLaboklab(69.24% -0.0584 -0.1162)
OKLCHoklch(69.24% 0.13 243.3)
XYZxyz(30.3006, 33.6773, 79.7510)
Luminance0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#49A4E6 #E68B49
analogous
#49E6DA #49A4E6 #4956E6
triadic
#49A4E6 #E649A4 #A4E649
tetradic
#49A4E6 #DA49E6 #E68B49 #56E649
square
#49A4E6 #DA49E6 #E68B49 #56E649
split-complementary
#49A4E6 #E64956 #E6DA49
monochromatic
#16659F #1D88D5 #49A4E6 #7FBFED #B5DAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71
#49A4E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74
#49A4E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A4E6
7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##49A4E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##49A4E61.002.717.747.74
#FFFFFF2.711.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7421.001.001.00
##0000007.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86A5E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7196E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B4BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #49a4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 164, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.130 243.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbeee',
    500: '#49a4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #49a4e6;
$custom-light: #8cbeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#49a4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.223,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69236,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#49A4E6
secondary
#E4C1A7
accent
#8535F2
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1216
muted
#7E8184

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#49A4E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva