#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
RGBrgb(73, 165, 208)
HSLhsl(199, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(199, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(64.06, -14.06, -29.98)
CIE-LCHlch(64.06, 33.11, 244.87°)
OKLaboklab(68.42% -0.0666 -0.0839)
OKLCHoklch(68.42% 0.107 231.6)
XYZxyz(27.5835, 32.8779, 64.5547)
Luminance0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##49A5D01.002.777.587.58
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5821.001.001.00
##0000007.5821.001.001.00

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

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#49A5D0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva