#49A5E0#49A5E0

#49A5E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5E0
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 224)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -8.85, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 38.82, 256.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0612 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.123 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6522, 33.7054, 75.4496)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5E0 #E08449

analogous

#49E0D0 #49A5E0 #4959E0

triadic

#49A5E0 #E049A5 #A5E049

tetradic

#49A5E0 #D049E0 #E08449 #59E049

square

#49A5E0 #D049E0 #E08449 #59E049

split-complementary

#49A5E0 #E04959 #E0D049

monochromatic

#196595 #2288C9 #49A5E0 #7DBFE9 #B2D9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#49A5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#49A5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5E0

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5E0	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7596DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfea',
    500: '#49a5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5e0;
$custom-light: #8cbfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.444,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69167,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5E0

secondary

#E0BCA4

accent

#803AEE

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5E0

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

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