#49A5D9#49A5D9

#49A5D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.116 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5D9
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 217)
HSL	hsl(202, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(202, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 24%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.43, -11.15, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.43, 36.16, 252.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% -0.0635 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.116 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7223, 33.3334, 70.5525)
Luminance	0.3334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5D9 #D97D49

analogous

#49D9C5 #49A5D9 #495DD9

triadic

#49A5D9 #D949A5 #A5D949

tetradic

#49A5D9 #C549D9 #D97D49 #5DD949

square

#49A5D9 #C549D9 #D97D49 #5DD949

split-complementary

#49A5D9 #D9495D #D9C549

monochromatic

#1D638B #2887BD #49A5D9 #7CBEE4 #AED7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#49A5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#49A5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5D9

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5D9	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7996D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.116 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfe5',
    500: '#49a5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5d9;
$custom-light: #8bbfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.667,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68832,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5D9

secondary

#DCB7A2

accent

#7C3FE8

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5D9

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

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