#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
RGBrgb(73, 165, 224)
HSLhsl(203, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(203, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(64.73, -8.85, -37.80)
CIE-LCHlch(64.73, 38.82, 256.82°)
OKLaboklab(69.17% -0.0612 -0.1065)
OKLCHoklch(69.17% 0.123 240.1)
XYZxyz(29.6522, 33.7054, 75.4496)
Luminance0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##49A5E01.002.717.747.74
#FFFFFF2.711.0021.0021.00
#0000007.7421.001.001.00
##0000007.7421.001.001.00

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

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#49A5E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva