#49A5DF#49A5DF

#49A5DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 239.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5DF
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 223)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 26%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -9.18, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 38.43, 256.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% -0.0615 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.122 239.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5169, 33.6513, 74.7375)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5DF #DF8349

analogous

#49DFCE #49A5DF #495ADF

triadic

#49A5DF #DF49A5 #A5DF49

tetradic

#49A5DF #CE49DF #DF8349 #5ADF49

square

#49A5DF #CE49DF #DF8349 #5ADF49

split-complementary

#49A5DF #DF495A #DFCE49

monochromatic

#1A6594 #2388C8 #49A5DF #7DBFE8 #B1D8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#49A5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#49A5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5DF

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5DF	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 239.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbfe9',
    500: '#49a5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5df;
$custom-light: #8bbfe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69118,
    "c": 0.12177,
    "h": 239.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5DF

secondary

#E0BBA4

accent

#803BED

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F1F7FD

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5DF

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

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