#49A5D1#49A5D1

#49A5D1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.108 H 232.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5D1
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 209)
HSL	hsl(199, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -13.74, -30.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 33.43, 245.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0663 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.108 232.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7069, 32.9273, 65.2046)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5D1 #D17549

analogous

#49D1B9 #49A5D1 #4961D1

triadic

#49A5D1 #D149A5 #A5D149

tetradic

#49A5D1 #B949D1 #D17549 #61D149

square

#49A5D1 #B949D1 #D17549 #61D149

split-complementary

#49A5D1 #D14961 #D1B949

monochromatic

#20617F #2D86B0 #49A5D1 #7ABDDD #ABD5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#49A5D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#49A5D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5D1

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5D1	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA3D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.108 232.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdf',
    500: '#49a5d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5d1;
$custom-light: #8abfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.412,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68463,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 232.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5D1

secondary

#D7B19E

accent

#7845E3

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5D1

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

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