#49A5E4#49A5E4

#49A5E4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.127 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#49A5E4
RGB	rgb(73, 165, 228)
HSL	hsl(204, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(204, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 27.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -7.53, -39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 40.43, 259.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.06 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.127 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2010, 33.9249, 78.3403)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#49A5E4 #E48849

analogous

#49E4D6 #49A5E4 #4958E4

triadic

#49A5E4 #E449A5 #A5E449

tetradic

#49A5E4 #D649E4 #E48849 #58E449

square

#49A5E4 #D649E4 #E48849 #58E449

split-complementary

#49A5E4 #E44958 #E4D649

monochromatic

#17669C #1F89D1 #49A5E4 #7EBFEC #B4DAF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#49A5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#49A5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #49A5E4

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##49A5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##49A5E4	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A6E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7397E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #49a5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 165, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.127 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbfec',
    500: '#49a5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #49a5e4;
$custom-light: #8cbfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#49a5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.387,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69363,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#49A5E4

secondary

#E3BFA6

accent

#8337F1

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #49A5E4

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

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