#49A5D0#49A5D0

#49A5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.107 H 231.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5D0
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 208)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -14.06, -29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 33.11, 244.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% -0.0666 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.107 231.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5835, 32.8779, 64.5547)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5D0 #D07449

analogous

#49D0B7 #49A5D0 #4962D0

triadic

#49A5D0 #D049A5 #A5D049

tetradic

#49A5D0 #B749D0 #D07449 #62D049

square

#49A5D0 #B749D0 #D07449 #62D049

split-complementary

#49A5D0 #D04962 #D0B749

monochromatic

#21607E #2D85AF #49A5D0 #7ABDDD #AAD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#49A5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#49A5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5D0

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5D0	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.107 231.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfde',
    500: '#49a5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5d0;
$custom-light: #89bfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.111,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68418,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 231.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5D0

secondary

#D7B09E

accent

#7846E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5D0

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

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