#49A5D5#49A5D5

#49A5D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5D5
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 213)
HSL	hsl(201, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 22.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.26, -12.45, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.26, 34.75, 249.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.0649 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.112 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2083, 33.1279, 67.8456)
Luminance	0.3313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5D5 #D57949

analogous

#49D5BF #49A5D5 #495FD5

triadic

#49A5D5 #D549A5 #A5D549

tetradic

#49A5D5 #BF49D5 #D57949 #5FD549

square

#49A5D5 #BF49D5 #D57949 #5FD549

split-complementary

#49A5D5 #D5495F #D5BF49

monochromatic

#1F6285 #2A86B7 #49A5D5 #7BBEE0 #ACD6EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#49A5D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#49A5D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5D5

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5D5	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B96D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfe2',
    500: '#49a5d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5d5;
$custom-light: #8abfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68645,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5D5

secondary

#DAB4A0

accent

#7A42E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5D5

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

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