#49A5D8#49A5D8

#49A5D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.115 H 236.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5D8
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 216)
HSL	hsl(201, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(201, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 23.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -11.48, -33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 35.80, 251.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0638 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.115 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5926, 33.2816, 69.8695)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5D8 #D87C49

analogous

#49D8C4 #49A5D8 #495ED8

triadic

#49A5D8 #D849A5 #A5D849

tetradic

#49A5D8 #C449D8 #D87C49 #5ED849

square

#49A5D8 #C449D8 #D87C49 #5ED849

split-complementary

#49A5D8 #D8495E #D8C449

monochromatic

#1D6389 #2887BC #49A5D8 #7BBEE3 #AED7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#49A5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#49A5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5D8

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5D8	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.115 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfe4',
    500: '#49a5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5d8;
$custom-light: #8bbfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.399,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68785,
    "c": 0.11467,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5D8

secondary

#DCB6A1

accent

#7C40E8

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5D8

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

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